Bound by broken pieces
I paused outside the half-open door, my breath caught in my throat.
Kenneth was inside.
He stood behind a massive desk, his hands gripping the edge as though it were the only thing holding him together. His jacket was gone, his shirt sleeves rolled up, revealing scars along his forearms, faint, jagged, like memories carved into his skin. His head was bowed, his hair falling into his face, and for the first time since I met him, he didn’t look composed. He looked broken.
A glass sat nearby, amber liquid glowing under the lamp. He lifted it with a hand that wasn’t quite steady and swallowed the contents in one harsh motion.
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