405, Late Wednsday Night

It's funny how things can sneak up on you. You think you're over it, then BAM it hits you. Maybe a song on the radio reminds you of the love you lost. Maybe you smell carnations and suddenly you're back at your prom.

Or maybe you're facing just the right direction as you turn on the light as you're coming into your dorm room, and for just a split second, that standing lamp isn't a lamp but a man wearing a blue military uniform wearing a mask.

Billy gave a strangle yell of shock and lashed out with his artificial leg, smashing the lamp to the floor. And Billy realized what he'd done.

"Godamnit."

ooc: door's open