Running From Gravity

Maren

The heavy door clicked shut behind me. The metallic sound echoed like a gunshot in the dim apartment hall. My legs moved before my brain could catch up, propelling me forward in a blind sprint down the narrow corridor. My lungs burned with every ragged breath. Not from the physical exertion of running. From him. From the impossible, earth-shattering things he had just dropped on me.

*Mate,