Hidden Away
The sudden warmth of her coat had her gaze shoot up, her heart still hoping for it to be Alessio, but deflated when she saw it was just her parents and brothers looking at her in concern.
"Mom-" She choked out like a little girl who had gotten hurt, reaching out for her mother as she kneeled on the pavement, pulling her daughter close as Serafina cried into her shoulder.
The heartache could be described as a wolf eating at her chest, tearing its way to the fragile organ. Threatening to devour her, eat her whole and leave nothing but scraps behind. Or Serafina could describe her heartache as a glove of ice, encasing her heart like a cage keeps a tropical bird. Her heart longed to fly again, t