Until You're Mine Again
Seth looks between us, like even at his age he can feel the electricity burning the air, the tension snapping between us like a live wire, he nods, quiet, obedient, grabs his little robot toy, and disappears into his room, I wait till the door clicks shut, my chest aches and my hands are shaking, I hate that he saw even a piece of this
"What do you want?" I ask, trying to sound stronger than the earthquake happening under my skin, like I’m not seconds away from breaking apart, I crouch to pick up the broken glass spilled from earlier, paper towel scratching across the floor, the sound too loud in the silence, I can already tell this stain will stay, just like every other thing I try to clean
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