The Long Man and Stewart

Stewart Parker was waiting in the queue to buy fish and chips when he smelt sour cherries. They took him straight back to the cave in the smell of the long man. He felt cold through his layers of clothing, did not want to turn around. People seemed to think if they got physically close to him that they could be like him. Stewart dropped the food on his lap where it sat, greasy and hot. The cockroaches were out, skittering and sucking. His eyelids felt frozen open,. His nostrils, frozen shut. Breathing was so painful, he wanted to stop doing it. It's all fake. I can't feel a fucking thing