365 day to fall in love with Mr. Mafia Boss
When we break apart, he rests his forehead to mine.
“Day 2,191,” he says.
“Still not leaving,” I say.
“Good.”
Below us, the lake moves. Alive. Clean.
The empire runs without blood. The throne holds without fear.
The king is home. The queen is his. The princess is asleep.
And the monster?
The monster is loved.
And that, finally, is enough.