He tries to follow the instruction, managing to register it through the ringing in his ears, and his chest burns almost too much to hold the breath for that long before he shakily lets it out.
Alexei manages another few breaths, still shaky and laboured but deeper, and that blood-chilling panic of not being able to get enough air starts to retreat. His grip on his hair loosens and his brow furrows, his forehead only resting on his arm rather than seeming to try to phase through it.]
Lester?
[Another hiccup. The forced slowness of his breathing wavers for a moment.]
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Date: 2025-03-06 02:20 am (UTC)He tries to follow the instruction, managing to register it through the ringing in his ears, and his chest burns almost too much to hold the breath for that long before he shakily lets it out.
Alexei manages another few breaths, still shaky and laboured but deeper, and that blood-chilling panic of not being able to get enough air starts to retreat. His grip on his hair loosens and his brow furrows, his forehead only resting on his arm rather than seeming to try to phase through it.]
Lester?
[Another hiccup. The forced slowness of his breathing wavers for a moment.]
I'm scared.