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Her eyes are closed.
Lips purple.
My heart, dead motherfucker, gives a sick warning thump.
Pulled her out from the water before and she was fine.
Star has to be okay.
She’s the only light.
“Starshine,” I float her into my arms.
Too fucking cold.
Can’t tell if she’s breathing.
Can’t tell if she’s alive.
Fine.
I’ll breathe for us both.
I pinch her nose, take her lips, and give her my air.
She can even take my life force.
Just has to breathe.
Just has to open those sweet, grey eyes.
Atlas and Jett tread water, screaming into the wind from the chopper blades, but what the fuck can they do?
I breathe into her lungs.
Again.
Again.
“Star.”
A wire basket drops from above.
“Get her in!” Atlas shouts.
I don’t let go.
Breathing.
Breathing.
Breathing.
And finally.
Star opens her eyes.
My heart bumps—fucking golden retriever tail thumps.
