Bursts of hope make despair harder to live with.

Sometimes I think that’s all we owe our parents.

I won’t cry. When the guilt is this heavy, you can’t. It just settles and stays with you, and it’s cold.

Thank you for stitching me up” I say.”I seem to have a talent for it.

I always thought about you. From the night I took you home. I never really stopped thinking about you.

Will leans forward, pulls off his mask, and kisses my forehead. “I’m glad I was the one to save you this time” he whispers.

I’m terrified of heights,” he says.

and yet her name was like a summons to all my foolish blood.