"See? That wasn't so bad, now was it?" Edgeworth patted his quivering boyfriend comfortingly, pulling the two of them closer to each other until they were sharing their feverish body heat and lovingly nuzzling their noses. In the silence (which was mostly composed of Phoenix's shallow, timid, breathing) that ensued, the prosecutor continued to talk;
"I'm going to quickly go out and get you a nice, warm, drink, okay? You've been a very good boy,"
"M-Man,"
"Where?"
"H-Ha, ha, f-funny." The defence attorney weakly croaked as the support he'd been depending upon to keep him upright - Edgeworth's strong arm - was abruptly whipped away from his side and he felt his body dangerously lurch to the right, folding up in a manner not dissimilar to a sandwich. The prosecutor cocked his head at him, his hand smugly placed upon his raised hip, with a grin on his face.
"I'll be right back,"
"W-Wait..."
"Hm?" Edgeworth swivelled back round on his polished heel;
"Y-You s-said you w-were going o-out... Wh-Where?"
"To the supermarket. You know - the one a few streets away? I don't seem to have any tea to hand," Phoenix widened his eyes in horror, his teeth clenching along with the rest of his body becoming uncomfortably tense as it absorbed this new information.
"A-A few s-streets away...?"
"Yes. I'll be taking the car. I might buy my weekly shopping there, while I'm at it," The defence attorney clutched his, now churning, stomach as queasiness began to set in.

It was starting to take effect already...

"W-Would you l-like me t-to accompany y-you...?"
"In this state?" Edgeworth rose an eyebrow as he wildly gestured to Phoenix's pale, shivering, physique before abruptly continuing;
"No, I think not. I shan't be long, in any case." The prosecutor warmly smiled, which had a wan smile from his boyfriend in return, as he leant over the shorter man and gently pecked him on the forehead before tugging his crimson blazer's glossy black buttons together until it had been fully 'done-up'. It was all the spiky-haired man could do to shakily nod in return as his eyes trailed behind Edgeworth's every move from where he was sat, feeling a sickly sense of grogginess seek refuge inside of his body as the silvery-haired man left the room without so much as a blunt 'goodbye'.

The front door slammed shut, and there was a faint jangling of keys in the distance.

Phoenix stared at the living-room door blankly, his mind slowly succumbing to the eery place in which the drugs would forever have him dwell, a single word constantly echoing in his mind as the torment began and he felt his eyelids lazily droop until they shut, smothering him in a thick blanket of everlasting darkness.

Atramentous.

Atramentous...

Atramentous!

Atramentous....

"A-Atramentous!" The grief stricken defence attorney cried out in fear as his legs buckled and he fell to his knees upon the concrete, a burning sensation filling him from head to toe as he witnessed a ruby-red liquid seeping out from beneath him.
"Who..." Phoenix gasped out as something cold ran up his back - something that wasn't a simple shiver, as it would have been described in many other fictional novels.
"Wh-Who are you..."
"hE dOeSn'T lOvE yOu..."
"Wh-" The spiky-haired man's pupils instantly dilated as an overly familiar face swam through the murky waters of his mind and into view, filling his vision like a fat carp.
"N-No... G-GET AWAY F-FROM ME!"
"eDgEwOrTh HaTeS yOu, PhOoOeNiX..."

His eyes were hollow, and his face was distorted.

It made the spiky-haired man feel sick.

"N-NO... Y-YOU'RE L-LYING! WH-WHY ELSE W-WOULD HE H-HAVE SAVED M-ME?" Phoenix widened his eyes, trembling, as he fell onto his back like a weakening plank of wood and stared in terror at the familiar bruises and scars carving themselves deep into his flesh all over again, hissing with every stroke.
"hE sEt It Up... YoU'rE a JoKe To HiM - a ToY..."
"I-I'm a.... T-Toy..." The spiky-haired man rummaged with his freezing-cold hands until he found his face, grimacing at the cool sensation.

"I love Atramentous." All of Phoenix's blood drained from his face and his eyes dully flickered to his right-hand side as-