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</span>​</div><span style="font-size: 18px">Whatever caused Rune to freak out on the upstairs landing, was quickly forgotten about once he jumped into his bed. Admittedly, he'd undergone a lot of stressful events lately. The closing of the mortgage, the renovations to his new home, packing up all of his belongings and arranging the move all took a toll on the normally energetic Rune. He was exhausted from the moving from the apartment to the Victorian, and even more fatigued after spending a night in the observation unit at the hospital. The moment he leapt under the blankets, and his head hit the pillow, Rune was asleep.<br/>
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Deep in REM sleep, he was dreaming about the man he saw in the downstairs hallway. It started with a slight shimmer, as if the air in front of him was being warped and twisted. Then, in a flash of pale, silvery light, a man appeared before him, a man which Rune only recognized from seeing him appear before he suffered from an unknown medical emergency and had to be taken to the hospital by ambulance. The man was extremely handsome, dressed in old-fashioned clothes.<br/>
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Rune saw him clad in a crisp, white button up shirt with his sleeves rolled up to the elbows, tucked underneath a plain black vest with matching pants. Although Rune wasn't conscious enough to know that Elliot was sitting down beside him as he slept on the bed, he made a soft moaning sound when Elliot pulled the blanket that covered his face away. The movement of the blankets didn't awaken Rume fully, but caused him to stir slightly. Elliot remained frozen in place before him, only the movement of his long, transparent strands of hair gave Rune a clue that he wasn't some amazing halloween decoration.<br/>
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He stared back at Rune with deep set eyes, his face passive and slack. Rune saw himself in a moment of indecision where he had taken a half step backward in shock and turned his body to move away. The door was wide open and although the daylight still shone through the side windows it didn't penetrate the glass. The clock in the hallway stopped ticking. There was no sound from the outside world, he couldn't hear the moving men talking or hear the engine noise from the moving van.<br/>
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Then the air was rent with a scream from his lungs that was so piercing that Rune collapsed on the floor in the fetal position, gasping for his next breath. The air that passed through his body was cold and his body heat quickly deserted his blood for the frigid atmosphere. An awareness crept over Rune that he was no longer in contact with the ground but instead spinning, and falling. When Rune opened his eyes his bedroom was no longer there, instead he could only see the man's face.<br/>
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<i>A ghost was in his bed, staring back at him.</i> Rune whimpered softly while lost in the throes of his strange dream.<br/>
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The eastern sky began to bleed with blended tones of rosy pinks and sandy yellows. It was a subtle way for Rune Halonen to welcome a new day, and his new beginning. He awoke to the soft caress of sheets wrapped around him and the morning light trickling in through the window blinds. Shedding himself of the remaining fragments of his strange dream, his eyes were still closed as he soaked in the warmth of the covers before opening his blue eyes to see the sunlight.<br/>
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As the sun prepared its ascent above the horizon, it extended its vivid light across the deep purple sky. The dazzling and inviting rays flowed through the window providing extra warmth to his body. As Rune lay there, the exhaustion from his long move seeped out of him, the welcoming rays trickling in to relax his body. Gradually, Rune slid his body free of the tangle of crisp white cotton sheets on his bed, stumbling across the room while heading to the bathroom.<br/>
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His drowsiness still heavily present, Rune yawned loudly while standing at the toilet to relieve his bladder, then paused to wash his hands in the sink before heading downstairs to the kitchen. His body relied upon a daily dose of coffee to sustain it, so it was necessary for him to rummage around in one of the moving boxes stacked on the counter, marked <i>appliances</i> in order to find his Keurig coffee maker.<br/>
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It was an already open box, and within a few seconds of searching, he found the Keurig, a container of Truvia and a handful of K-Cups he had left from the apartment. It didn't take long for Rune to get a cup of coffee in hand, in moments his fingers were tracing the steam swirling above the warm liquid. The scent of roasted coffee beans tickled his nose as he sipped his java in solace and watched the morning sunlight appear through the windows.<br/>
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Suddenly, the mighty sun breached the horizon and the sky exploded with beautiful colors. In that moment, the first sunlight in his new home was more vibrant than any fresh mango or tangerine could have ever been. A mere glimpse of heaven that quickly fades into the blue. The peace he felt in those fleeting seconds became eternal as he drew a deep breath and lost himself in the morning view.<br/>
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He was<i> home.</i><br/>
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While Rune should have felt total peace during his moment of quietude, the feeling of being watched was overwhelming. The bare chested young man turned around to stare into the dining room, and for the first time he said something that he probably would have never said aloud before his emergency room visit. <b>"I know you're there. Watching me. Why don't you stop hiding and come out where I can see you? M-my name is Rune. Do you have a name?"</b><br/>
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