Meetings and Discoveries

He looked at me, standing his ground right in front of the door. His jaw locked, the muscles ticking beneath his skin as I waited for an answer.

"Why don't you want me to go in?" I asked, my voice wavering slightly under the weight of his glare. I watched his teeth clench and unclench. The silence stretched, thick and suffocating. He didn't bother to give me an explanation. He just turned on his