[ midnight ] sender and receiver sit together long after everyone else has gone to bed, just existing, domenic and anastasia.
wipes tears with the back of her hand , afraid to move now that he had decided to join her . hated anyone seeing her like this , feeling more pathetic than she had already felt that evening . a family dinner gone wrong , embarrassed by her mother , shown out by her siblings . a reminder that the man sitting beside her would see her for what she really was : a disappointment . reaching beside her , she uncorks the wine bottle before taking a sip of it and handing it over to him , laying her cheek on his shoulder . stares off into the distance , the wind against the window panels and the sound of their breathing the only thing depicted in the night . the only time he felt real was when the world shut down around them . meanwhile she craved for the crowd's call , despite their fingers pointed . placing a kiss to the corner of his jaw before turning his head to face hers , she leans in to seal their mouths together . "i'm sorry ."











