ZANE
Having Tessa back felt so good, felt like I could breathe again. Even though she was still mad at me. Even if her silence was sharp and her eyes looked at me like I was a stranger she wished she had never met… she was here. And when she hugged me last night, something in my chest that had been locked for too damn long finally cracked open.
Being in her arms felt even better than I could have ever imagined. Her arms wrapped around me were the first real comfort I had had in weeks.
I knew I didn’t deserve it. But I took it anyway.
I didn’t know when I fell asleep, all I knew was that I did. For the first time in weeks, my body gave in and let go, my chest felt lighter and my migraine had subsided. I found peace in her arms. I hadn’t slept for more than two hours at a stretch since
