Don't Come Home
But I didn't.
Ever since Aiden moved back in with me, there had been a heavy, suffocating tension between us.
Yes, suffocating. Like something thick and sticky was lodged in my throat, neither rising nor falling. It was just a constant, lingering presence that never let me forget it was there.
"Alright," I said.
He smiled as if he were happy. But the moment he turned around, the smile faded, and he let out an almost imperceptible sigh.
That night, I turned off the lights, ready to sleep, when the door suddenly opened.