The darkness was soon replaced with a blinding white light, so bright that it made me have to squint my eyes. I surprised myself by being able to sit up, and then I realized that the overwhelming pain of the bullet in my stomach was gone.
I looked down, and slightly lifted my shirt, only to see that the blood was completely gone. There wasn't even a trace of ever being injured.
I looked around again, and the white light faded, revealing the shadow of a figure standing before me.
"Took you long enough to get here, Tommy," a familiar voice said. After blinking several times - thinking I might just be dreaming - I could finally see who the person standing there and speaking to me was.
Newt.
And he was smiling. He didn't look like a crank. He was clean now, and he looked like he had never been broken.
"Welcome to the afterlife."

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♡ Dark Paradise ♡ ; newtmas fanfic.
FanfictionThe last thing I remember was my body hitting the ground. I open my eyes to see a blinding white light, and then he's standing there. Newt. And he was smiling. He looked as if he was the happiest boy alive; like he had never been broken. "Welcome...