After I Left, He Fell Apart
After that, sure enough, Adrian didn't come back. Not even a single message.
But there was one thing worth being glad about. At night, I could finally sleep without leaning on anything.
That night I slept well, deep and dreamless, all the way through.
Today was my last day here.
I gathered up everything in this house that Adrian had given me.
What could be donated, I donated. What couldn't, I burned.
The fire roared and turned every memory of us to ash, the way our love would never be whole again.