What is the scariest thing that has ever happened to you?

Sean is nodding to himself even before his fingers start tapping the keyboard. No doubt about what is the answer to this question.

Flying...

Being on a plane and knowing that there's a vast expanse of nothingness between his bum and the ground is the scariest thing he has ever experienced.

One would guess that by now he'd have got used to that, but the fact that he regularly has to travel and that flying is the most time-efficient and convenient option does nothing to make it easier.. quite the contrary.. Every time it gets worse.

Long flights, short flights.. they make no difference. He needs the ground, he needs to feel the earth under his feet. He always squeezes his eyes shut when the plane taxies to the take-off strip and the engines start to roar. He knows what is going to happen, he knows that the mad speeding will take them off the ground - if they're lucky and everything works the way it's supposed to.
He will be up there, in the middle of the void, wishing he knew how to pray and that a god - any god - will keep them safe.