tousle \TOW-zul\ verb
Meaning: dishevel, rumple

You lay in the small cot he'd put you in. Your eyes glared out into the dark room, hoping that if they opened wider they might be able to discern something. Your nostrils smelt various cleaning fluids, which were giving you a head ache. Your wrists felt the sticky tape he'd twisted around them.

You close your eyes, and try to think about something, anything but this, this room. You struggle to ignore everything your senses are telling you.

The door clicks. You open your eyes slightly. You don't want him to know you are watching. You hear his feet tread across the floor. You see the glint of his boot, caught by the sliver of light from the door. He leans over you.

"Better now?" He tousles your hair. You begin to throw up, but can't, because your mouth is taped shut. The vomit sits in your mouth, and the stomach acids burn at your tongue and gums.