'Short Affair' Challenge, 25th November 2019, Tucked Away Out of Sight

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Prompts used: Hope, Attic, Black
Word count: Close to 900.
Link to AO3: Tucked_Away_Out_of_Sight

Summary: Sometimes, in order to escape, you have to stop running and hide away for a while.

The creak of floorboards below them tipped off the two agents that their hiding spot was under threat. They listened with bated breath as the seeker’s position was given away by protesting timbers; the groans and squeaks dancing their way through the old house frayed the nerves of the concealed agents. The atmosphere was suffocating; their unease lending viscosity to the darkness which surrounded them.

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