A Place Of Fear

Steam still clung to my skin when I opened the bathroom door. The scent of Victor’s perfume and the sound of his fingers on the keyboard filled the air. He sat on the edge of the bed with his laptop balanced on one knee, shoulders tense in that familiar way like he carried the weight of the world.

For a moment I just watched him, towel knotted around me, hair dripping against my collarbone. The bl