How Things Were

It’s been a week.

A week since I’ve seen Vance.

Not even in passing have I caught his gaze. Thankfully, Declan and Ryker have been with me every day. Keeping me company, distracting me, making me feel loved.

But Vance? He’s been swallowed whole by work. I’ve been thinking about him so much, to the point where I’m thinking of reinstating the phobia chants in my head. Even when I’m laughing with De