~HOLLY~
Gabriel's eyes longer on my lips for the briefest second.
I notice it.
The pause.
The flicker of something in his expression before he quickly looks away like he didn’t mean to stare that long.
I swallow slightly, pretending not to notice.
For a strange moment the air between us feels heavier. Charged. Like something invisible just passed between us that neither of us is brave enough to acknowledge.
I close the door slowly behind him, shrugging awkwardly.
“Why didn’t you tell me you were coming?” I ask instead.
Gabriel crosses his arms, his expression shifting into something frustrated.
He doesn’t answer immediately. Instead, his eyes move over my face slowly, like he’s checking if I’m okay. If I’m hurt. If I’m hiding something.
“Because you’ve been avoiding me,” he fina
