Really, it had been stupid to expect anything anyway. A few late nights does not a habit, or a relationship, make.
Stop it. Seriously. This isn't funny.' 'You're right.' A pause. 'It's pathetic.
I always thought I was different.
But risk is just part of relationships. Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't.
I reached up with my finger and traced the scar over my eyebrow, remembering when that was the greatest hurt I'd ever known.
Don't think or judge, just listen.