Dangerous and Necessary

Hazel

A line of tears slips down my cheek as I slowly shut my eyes.

A tear of relief—something I never thought I’d feel. He remembers me.

Not as everything I once was to him, but as this version. His office secret affair.

At least he remembers.

"Can I kiss you again?" he asks, voice trembling with something both familiar and foreign.

I can’t answer. I just stand there—frozen—until his lips brush m