CHAPTER 2 — sturdy thoroughbred ; josh allen/daniel ricciardo, 13.2k words, 2/4 chapters, mature.
(also plugging the matching playlist again)
Most nights, he comes to you in your dreams. It feels like you’ve seen him more there than ever in person. You’re starting to forget the parts of him that are real.
It’s different every time. He begs you to stay, but asks you to reinvent yourself. He takes you home, welcomes you into his family, sits you at his kitchen table. He’s busy and tells you not to come around here again. His watch is ticking out of time with your heart. Your paths cross in a fleeting moment as you walk by, but you can’t stop for him.
You don’t say it out loud. There’s no one to listen and no one to feel as you do. There is no reprieve.
