Trapped Inside His Past

At that moment, Ian was having a lucid dream. From the moment he opened his eyes, he knew he was dreaming.

Even if he didn't want to, he would still need to realize it was a dream since dead people don't come back to life. A memory of his past. It was a past he remembered way too clearly.

'Anyway, why this dream? It's been so long and so much happened after this.'

Ian couldn't understand why, among so many nightmarish incidents, he had to re-experience this one. The backlash of using his ability was exactly this. To be trapped in their own nightmare. Well not exactly nightmare, 'past' would be a better word to describe the situation. And all the pain of that past, be it physical or mental, he had to suffer through all of it once again.

"Noah?

Hey!

What are you spacing out for?"

A young boy in his teen called out to him as he tried to smack the back of his head. Ian swiftly lowered his head and avoided the hand approaching from behind.

"I'm listening."

'Noah', it's been a w