Falling For My Hockey Stepbrother
She was the kind who commanded attention without trying.
His interest in her grew, and that's when he noticed the pattern.
She wasn't just isolated; she was pathetic, too.
She was cute in a dumb way. And she was a puppy. A puppy who needed validation, attention, and love. A puppy who would beg and whine for it, and might die if it didn't get them. A puppy who will wait until it gets that love, like Michael had waited that night in the rain for his mother to come back to him. A puppy like Michael, who also used to seek validation, attention, and love, but learned early he'd never get any of those things. He learned early that emotions like that were nonsense and would get you nowhere.