Exposed At The Altar
Then—
“They said everything is stable for now,” he continued.
I exhaled slightly, my hand moving again, resting over my stomach without me thinking about it.
“Stable is good,” I said.
“It is,” he agreed.
He didn’t add anything else.
Didn’t try to soften it or complicate it.
Just left it there.
Stable.
I leaned back slightly, letting that word settle.
Not perfect.
Not guaranteed.
But not bad either.
Just… steady.
Like everything else had been lately.