Title: No-one said it was going to be easy
Fandom: Spooks (MI5)
Rating: PG
Length: 100
Summary: Harry Pearce has sent Lucas for counselling after his imprisonment in Russia.
A/N: Darker than my usual writing

“What do you see this as?” his counsellor had asked at his latest session.

Lucas had stared at the ink blot and seen a dark and foreboding dragon, wings outstretched.  “A butterfly,” he said.

The counsellor had given a positive response, although whether she had believed him was debatable.

Later, lying in bed, Lucas remembered the blot.  In his mind the ink had started to run, causing the dragon to fly towards him.

Then someone took a pen to cross out the dragon, using thick red lines.  Only it wasn’t red ink they were using, but Lucas’ blood.

He screamed.