/lit/ - Literature

Halfway through a draft of a psychological thriller that I've already outline out

>Set in a modern day mine somewhere in the American West
>Main Character and Secondary Character work maintenance
>They're in the deepest portion of the mine when an explosion hits
>A rock slide/cave in traps them at the bottom, a space of a few tunnels, corridors, and a supply room
>Main and Second wait for rescue. They know each other, but not closely.
>A day passes. Second is nervous. Main chides him for being soft, and tells the story of his brother.
>Brother suffers severe PTSD from military action and is in a veterans hospital
>Main insists they won't become like him
>Days go by. They make noise by banging on pipes, waiting for responses or noises above.
>They divide up the limited supplies that they have in the small room and try to keep themselves occupied, conserving lanterns and power.
>Weeks go by. They begin to lose their sanity, fighting with each other, spending days apart on opposite ends of their space.
>A few more days pass. The heat is unbearable. Oxygen is low. Food and water have run out. Second asks Main if he'll go into a suicide pact with him. Main doesn't want to give up, and stays behind on his makeshift bunk while Second leaves to presumably die.
>In and out of consciousness, Main uses his final bit of energy in a manic attempt to dig himself out of the cave-in at the collapsed tunnel.
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