Boardroom to Bedroom
Here, the only noise came from the wind and the slow hum of living.
Damian moved through the house like a ghost trying to remember how to be human. His bandages were gone now, though his left arm still trembled when he tried to lift heavy things. Sometimes, when the light hit him a certain way, I saw the faint silver line that ran down his chest—the scar the world would never know he carried.
I woke up to the smell of burnt toast one morning and found him frowning at the toaster like it had personally wronged him.
“I told you not to leave it on five,” I said, laughing before I could stop myself.
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