At Last, Becoming
I felt it the moment I walked in: the distortion in the air, a heaviness thick with unhappiness, leaking from the people. Whatever light I carried began to drain.
I felt it the moment I walked in: the distortion in the air, a heaviness thick with unhappiness, leaking from the people. Whatever light I carried began to drain.
Bones creak like century-old floorboards and in that hush between alarms, the room holds its breath.
When love is wounded by the one meant to protect it, and the long silence that follows.
Even the strongest bonds can dissolve quietly. Not with a fight, but with a slow fade neither person planned.