Title: Decline and Fall
Character: Bobby
Prompt: fall (lawandorder100)

He didn't dare let his mind fall silent, because in every nook and cranny lurked a memory waiting with a still, small voice to remind him of everything he was losing. Lunatic, librarian, a story before bed if he was quiet while they lurked outside the door, demanding harridan, pathetic child, a cool hand on a feverish forehead, a stinging slap across the face for no reason other than that he was there, and a desperate grasping at his coat when he had to go-all part and parcel of 'mother,' and all fading faster than the funeral flowers he'd soon have to buy.