17 Hollow What does it take to fill in a gap? *** SPACES were naturally meant to be unoccupied. And in my several years of avoiding human touch, I have come to realize how it stayed the same but have opened ajar when I met the man who had no strings. While we shared the air underwater, I force closed my eyes as I felt a rush of heat balling inside of me and Killian held me in place as he kept blowing the air he has got into my airways. When the ball of heat began pushing against my ribs and chest, he took my hands and held them firmly as I opened my mouth for the sudden reflex of something that is forcing its way out of me. And right before the shadows reach us, the heat left my body and the speck of light that floated between our faces expanded, blinding us together and pushe

