When There Is Nothing Left But Love (Ashton And Scarlett)

The rain got heavier in the middle of the night, and I jolted awake when thunder cracked across the sky like a whip.

When I turned on my side, I realized with a start that there was someone lying down beside me.

Before I could release a scream, a hand shot out to grab mine and then came a man’s soothing voice. “Calm down. It’s me.”

My chest heaved as I tried to recover from my shock. “Ashton, what are you…” I trailed off.

His unexpected presence had brought scared the daylights out of me, but gradually, I regained my bearings and furrowed my brows. Shouldn’t he be with Rachel now? Why is he here?

I pursed my lips and uttered icily, “What are you doing here?”

His lips remained sealed, seemingly having no intention to answer me. Right then, another clap of thunder boomed overhead, and I flinched closer to him. However, he didn’t seem to notice the subtle movement as he stuffed a pair of earplugs into my ears.

My surroundings instantly became quiet and for a while, I merely stared blankly at him in the dark.

Throughout it all, he didn’t utter a single word. Instead, he hugged me and coaxed me to sleep by gently patting my back.

I was really sleepy, to begin with, I gradually dozed off in his arms and slept through the entire night.

The sky was already bright when I woke up the next day, and the morning air was slightly humid due to the heavy rain from the previous night.

Subconsciously looking to my side, I felt slightly incredulous when I found the space empty.

goes like the wind. I would’ve thought I

same position. When Nora came into my tent and saw me lying down with my eyes open, she paused briefly and asked, “What’s wrong?

to answer. “My head… hurts.” My throat was so dry I could barely

think I may be down with

upon hearing my scratchy voice. Upon touching my forehead with the back of her hand, she exclaimed, “You’re

should pack our things right

to say something, but my throat hurt

eyes. Then, a frown appeared between his

Fuller, you should take her

my head was buzzing with a pounding headache. I knew that nothing I said

me straight to the base while the others followed

into the car. My body felt light, as though I was floating

of consciousness, and I was plagued by an unending stream of nightmares, unable to break out of

came into view, I reached out to grab him,

was on the verge of breaking down after several failed attempts. As my emotions

muffled sound of his voice reached my ears, but I

not being able to communicate with the outside world was horrible. After a few tries, I realized that I couldn’t open my mouth, let alone speak. Hence, I

I plunged deeper into my dreams. Some were horrifying, while others were beautiful, but most were indistinct. One thing they had in a common was that they felt like

and emotions felt so tangible that I couldn’t differentiate between dream and

When I finally opened my eyes, it was to see everything white. I’m in