Ruthless Desire
Not about how I stayed, stupid and shaking, begging for an explanation he never deserved.
Not about how that version of me, hopeful, loyal, soft was the one that died.
Some truths are too raw for first conversations.
“Regret,” Julian says slowly, “is just memory with sharp edges.”
I exhale a humorless laugh. “I have enough of those to bleed out on.”
He doesn’t look away. “Then you came to the right place. Islands are good for bleeding quietly.”
His words are gentle, but his eyes, his eyes have seen too much to still believe in softness.
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