Gemotions

The worn fabric of the bear triggered a flood of memories. "I'll take him," Leo said, his voice husky. The seller, a young man who looked like he'd rather be anywhere else, seemed uninterested. Leo remembered his uncle's cruelty, the taunts, the dismissal. He'd lost the bear during one of their infamous games of hide and seek.

He would hide the bear, now. He would keep it. He would use it. He would use it to bring his uncle the same sorrow that he had experienced so long ago. The thought filled him with a strange, intoxicating energy. The seller told him the price. Leo paid and left, feeling as though the world had become tilted on its axis.