STELLA
I catch up with him at the entrance to the wooden lodge and he stops yet not turns his to face me. I see him breathing heavily and by now I know that this means that he is having trouble controlling himself. And that’s when usually I can help him the best.
I walk to him slowly and hug him from the back, sliding my hands around him and locking them on his abdomen. I touch his bare skin with my cheek and close my eyes.
“I am so sorry, Xave!”, I breathe out. There is not much to say about the situation really.
“I know”, he says distantly, “Stella, I can’t… not right now. I am sorry. But can you get home with someone else? I think I need to run a little bit more…”
“I can wait in the house, it’s not a problem…”
“No need. I really need to be alone right now”, he turns
