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My Brush With Death (climbing for lust).
<p><strong>Part 3: Impact</strong></p><p>The ground met me with a force I had never imagined.</p><p>Everything happened at once.</p><p>A deafening thud.</p><p>A sharp burst of pain.</p><p>Then... nothing made sense.</p><p>For a few seconds, I couldn't tell whether my eyes were open or closed. The sky above me looked distant, almost unreal, as if I were staring at it through water.</p><p>Am I... alive?</p><p>I didn't dare move.</p><p>My heart was pounding so violently that I could hear it inside my ears.</p><p>Can I still feel my legs?</p><p>That question came before any other.</p><p>Not, How badly am I hurt?</p><p>Not, Did anyone see me?</p><p>Just...</p><p>Can I move?</p><p>I tried to lift a finger.</p><p>It twitched.</p><p>A tiny movement.</p><p>But it was enough to make me hope.</p><p>Then the pain arrived.</p><p>Not all at once.</p><p>It spread through my body like fire finding dry grass—my back... my arms... my ribs... every breath reminding me that something had gone terribly wrong.</p><p>I squeezed my eyes shut.</p><p>Please... don't let anything be broken.</p><p>Somewhere nearby, I heard hurried footsteps crashing through the dry leaves.</p><p>Then a voice.</p><p>"Stephen!"</p><p>Another voice followed, louder this time, trembling with panic.</p><p>"Stephen! Answer me!"</p><p>It was the girl.</p><p>The same girl I had wanted to impress only moments earlier.</p><p>I wanted to tell her I was fine.</p><p>I wanted to laugh it off.</p><p>Instead, all that came out was a weak groan.</p><p>Her footsteps stopped beside me.</p><p>For a moment, neither of us spoke.</p><p>I could feel her standing there, frozen.</p><p>Maybe she was just as shocked as I was.</p><p>Maybe she couldn't believe that only a few minutes earlier, I had been smiling from the top of that tree.</p><p>Now I was lying beneath it, staring at the branches that had betrayed me.</p><p>I could hear my own breathing—short, uneven, and shaky.</p><p>The silence felt heavy.</p><p>Then a terrifying thought crept into my mind.</p><p>What if I can't get up?</p><p>I swallowed hard.</p><p>I wanted to try.</p><p>I needed to know.</p><p>Slowly... carefully... I planted my hands against the ground and began to push myself up.</p><p>The pain exploded through my body.</p><p>I froze.</p><p>My breath caught in my throat.</p><p>Something isn't right...</p>
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