Project Heartbreak
Like oxygen, you don’t question why you need it; you just know you’ll die without it.
A faint, wry smile touched my lips, felt strange on my face. It was funny, in a tragic way. How fickle a heart could be. How it could be handed to someone, get broken, and still beat only for them. How a few sentences from his mouth could feel like a verdict on my entire future.
I will wait for you, Jax.
The thought was clear and certain, rising from the wreckage. He didn’t press. He was giving me my future, and in doing so, he was claiming it for himself, just further down the road. It was arrogant, just like Jax, but also selfless.