Page 184 of Sage Haven
But today…today, I picked up the stylus and let my thoughts unfurl across the page like they’d been waiting for this moment all along.
My thoughts inhale you like second nature,
A whisper of fate, a silent wager.
So, I closed my eyes to escape what’s real,
Only to open them and begin to heal.
The scars I carried began to fade,
Softened by every promise we made.
Your hand in mine, steady and true,
Guiding me toward something new.
We spoke in silence, hearts aligned,
Leaving the weight of the past behind.
And in that stillness, clear and bright,
We found ourselves bathed in a light.
I stared at the words, feeling them settle inside me, soft and heavy.
They were messy.
Incomplete.
But they were mine.
For a moment, everything was still.
And then the quiet broke.
A creak echoed behind me.
Soft. Barely there.
But it was enough.
I froze, fingers tightening around the stylus.
The door was opening.
And for a breath, I smiled.
Reich.
I could already hear the sharp, clever remark he’d throw at me.
I could already feel the heat crawling up my throat as he made me laugh when I wasn’t supposed to.
But the air changed. The temperature dropped. And ice flooded my veins.
Something was wrong.
