her body feels like it’s freezing, her hands tugging on the blanket tightly around her as he finishes getting ready for the day. this is how it goes every morning. maybe it would be easier if she had to go to work at the same time as him, but her two hour later start leaves too much time for her to lay in this empty and all too big bed without him. every day, it’s getting harder to pretend that she’s fine ----- to him or to herself. saying goodbye to him feels so daunting, tears always instantly finding their way to her eyes the moment she hears the door close. they feel like they’re coming sooner this time, but she’s doing everything she can to hold them back until he leaves. he’s so proud to leave for work every day; the last thing she wants is to hold him back from that. but this feeling in her head / in her heart, it’s so desperate for him to stay. she doesn’t have to look at the clock to know he’s almost finished his morning routine, having counted it all down in her head ----- so when she hears him walking towards the bed, her body tenses, her heart pounding against her chest. before he’s able to kiss her goodbye, she speaks instead. ❝ don’t go. ❞ words are spoken every day ---- sometimes with a playful grin, sometimes with a teasing pout. today, it doesn’t hold the same lightness. it’s weak, her voice cracking, words barely audible. ❝ i miss you, ❞ she whispers. it holds more weight than it sounds. the more he’s out of their home, the harder this all gets for her ------ the more paralyzing it feels. ❝ don’t leave. ❞ don’t leave her.
🦎჻ * @perfectevil












