Madness string 122628

Random mermaid
My brain caught on to stupid things and connected them to the events and made them into triggers. Mom's perfume. The sound of glass shattering or a door banging open. A song that was playing at the time. Even now I still hate the song but at least it doesn't trigger a flashback anymore. Blood on beige carpet featured prominently in my nightmares.

And night after night she drowns herself in stories and secrets, threatening anyone who disturbs her with that papercutter of hers...