Beware the Heart Thief
Rolling my eyes, I spat, "That'll depend on how you behave."
He smiled a genuine, radiant smile devoid of any darkness or calculation. Leaning down, he pressed a light kiss to my forehead that felt as soft as a feather.
"Goodnight, my owner."
He picked up the mute screaming chicken from under the bed, carefully tucked it into his pocket like a treasure, and turned to skip out of the room with joy.
I lay back down, and as I breathed in the lingering scent of his crisp woody cologne, my chronic insomnia suddenly vanished.
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