Playing Scared

KELLAN’S POV

After a few weeks of watching Piper, I noticed it in the quiet moments first.

Piper was still there physically, still curling into my side on the couch, still reaching for my hand in bed, still kissing me goodnight, but something else had shifted beneath the surface.

I noticed that her smiles didn’t always reach her eyes anymore. Her answers to simple questions felt practiced, trimmed