"Come Back"
By A.B.
Blood dripped from the knife that was resting on the stone alter. Leaf sat on the ground clutching his boyfriends corpse in his arms as tears streamed down his face. “I’m sorry my love, please forgive me” Leaf whispered hoping his boyfriend would respond and he could hear his voice one last time. Unfortunately for him the corpse said nothing in response. Leaf began to silently pray to the gods hoping that one of them would help him but to Leaf’s surprise it was not a god that answered his prayers. A demon appeared before Leaf. It stood at over seven feet tall with large black horns protruding from its head, leathery bat wings on its back, and red eyes that seemed to glow in the late evening light. The demon spoke in a deep and low tone, “ah I see the mortal wishes to be with his boyfriend again.” “Yes I do, please help me” Leaf replied, his voice threatening to break at any moment. The demon waited a moment before responding, “hm, alright.” Leaf smiled at the thought of his boyfriend being alive once more. Possibility’s of all the things he and his boyfriend could do raced through his head. Marriage, adoption, getting to live out their lives together until they grew old and died a natural death. The demon took a step towards Leaf and snapped its fingers. Leafs lifeless body collapsed on the ground, still holding onto his boyfriends corpse. The demon chuckled, “guess he should have asked me to bring his boyfriend back to life.”