Dirty and Sinful Collection
“I don’t know. It’s just been… a long week.”
He waited. He always did. That patience made everything harder, somehow. I wanted him to sweep me up, kiss me stupid, distract me from myself. But he just stood there, letting me fill the silence.
“I feel like I’m always trying to be perfect,” I blurted, the words tumbling out before I could call them back. “With school, with my parents, with you. If I slip up—if I let everyone see I’m not as together as I pretend to be—it’ll all fall apart.”