my girlfriend's Dad
“Thanks.”
They moved apart then, physically if not emotionally, both carrying the ache of something too big to name and too dangerous to keep feeding.
The storm broke outside, rain lashing the house in hard, fast streaks, and for the first time in weeks, they stayed on their own sides of the silence — but the pull between them didn’t fade. It just went quiet, like a current waiting under dark water.
The storm had been beating the house for hours when Lily finally came home. The hood of her jacket dripped as she hung it by the door. The house felt heavy — not quiet, not loud — just like it had been holding its breath since she left.
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