Straight Until Him
He stood just beyond the crowd, shadows curling around him, as if the room had tried to swallow him whole and failed.
But now he stepped forward.
And the noise… slowed. The screams, the whispers, the flashing cameras, they all blurred into nothing.
It was just him.
Micah caught my gaze, and God, his eyes were a hurricane. Streaked red and shimmering, like he was holding back a flood, but the dam was already cracking. It wasn’t just crying. It was shaking, almost like his whole face couldn’t decide if it wanted to crumple or lash out. Honestly, I couldn’t even pin down all the stuff tangled in there. Fear for sure... I mean, the kind that stings, real and raw. Sorrow, pain, that one’s easy to