don’t be too late ,
among the bruises and cuts she had taken to her body, none were quite like the wound that had a mind. pain would’ve been the first word to associate. albeit, inflicted by no one, a vacant pain, she’d say. she’d thought, during every second she had to spare. yearning was like that by nature. and, unsurprisingly, as the physical grazes had mostly healed over, this one did not.
but this helped. nose kissing the pillow, breathing in her first dose. (she had missed too many.) she falls under the surface of sleep not long after, and dreams lift her up again until she wakes. lithe fingers curl in his bedsheets greedily, where only his absence lies. but just as the thought comes to its stop, the click of the door sounds, and then it opens. although her muscles tighten by excitement, pulling to defy her mind, she exhibits enough control to relax herself back, feigning sleep until he’ll inevitably find her.











