āi love youā patrick/addison
8. While drunk
Three years sober and itād all gone down the drain in a night. One night of anxiety over the things so far in his rear view he felt insane for continuing to think about so often. One night of panic attacks and nightmares. One long fucking night. But just one night. Thatās all it took for him to pick up the bottle again. He was well aware once he started he wouldnāt be able to stop. One drink did nothing, so it turned to four quicker than he could bat an eye. Four brought out tears, desperate tears, wishing he could be more. More than the man he was. More than a guy still afraid of demons inside of him. More than a guy so afraid of one demon that he took to the more comfortable demon within. More than himself.
Four turned to seven, and somewhere in the mix, he couldnāt exactly remember where heād called the brown haired girl from his past. He wished he could remember why. He never sought out comfort, it wasnāt in his nature, but heād become unfamiliar with the unleashed side of himself, so maybe this was his new drunken norm. He was always so happy to see Addison, always smiling at the sight, but when he opened the door to the knock he was a disheveled mess, not fit for anyone to see. Tears stained his cheeks, no shirt, only a pair of jeans to shield him from the cold night air that filed in. She shuffled in without many words exchanged.Ā āIām so--ā he spoke with the bottle in hand, tears again welling up in his eyes, the thought of someone else seeing him like this too much to bear, never mind the girl heād spent so much of his time thinking about.Ā āIām so sorry. You shouldnāt be here, canāt you see that now? Canāt you see why Iām no good for you? Look at me! Look at me! Iām a fucking mess, Addison,ā he so quickly became unhinged, the tears again starting to roam down his face quicker than he could have imagined. It was what he wanted to tell her about him, but could never find the words. That his whole life could be going wonderful and in a momentās notice everything could go dark for him. Sheād been his light, something to look forward to on the harder days, but there was no light for him when he was like this. She deserved to be someoneās light. Always. Not just when it served them, and that seemed to be all Patrick could provide for anyone. āI love you, I love you, but you gotta let me go. Iām no good-- Iām no good for anyone, I canāt bring you down with me.ā
















