Iron Veve's Kiss
I filed it away—leverage for when he’d come collecting.
His eyes flicked up, holding mine. The chain around his neck swayed, catching the light. His sleeve rode up, revealing the countdown scar again. His scars glowed faintly—*603*—same as mine. My own numbers flared in response, a silent scream trapped under cotton. My breath hitched. He yanked his sleeve down, eyes flashing a warning: * His eyes locked onto mine, a silent dare. *Ask*, they said. *I’ll lie.* So I let the numbers hang between us, twin nooses in the dark. I understood then—we were both tallying days. For a second, I saw it—the boy beneath the scars, the one who still remembered how to be kind.
Then he looked down, fingers ret
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