For Now

I sit cross-legged on Declan’s bed.

My eyes hurt from staying awake all night, but I couldn’t sleep. Not after Declan dumped all of that on me. I don’t want to miss the moment he wakes up and risk never finishing the conversation he started.

I blink the dryness away and stare out the window where the first morning light begins to slip through the blinds.

I’m lucky the house was empty last night, a