< Previous Chapter | First Chapter | Next Chapter > Whenever Caroline woke up for her job at the coffee shop, she only rustled Steven halfway out of sleep. Smears of color surrounded him and the part of his brain tasked with assigning meaning was still encumbered by dreams, so they became boats, fires, wind, threats, joy, demands, clouds, his father, his father’s death, and sleep itself enclosing him and beckoning him back within. But every time it happened, no matter what he decided was happening, he felt adrift, as if he’d been caught in Caroline’s gravity all along, and now he floated in space alone. When he woke up fully, two hours later, loneliness still stung his heart even though he couldn’t remember the wound.
Faster on My Own: Chapter 3
Faster on My Own: Chapter 3
Faster on My Own: Chapter 3
< Previous Chapter | First Chapter | Next Chapter > Whenever Caroline woke up for her job at the coffee shop, she only rustled Steven halfway out of sleep. Smears of color surrounded him and the part of his brain tasked with assigning meaning was still encumbered by dreams, so they became boats, fires, wind, threats, joy, demands, clouds, his father, his father’s death, and sleep itself enclosing him and beckoning him back within. But every time it happened, no matter what he decided was happening, he felt adrift, as if he’d been caught in Caroline’s gravity all along, and now he floated in space alone. When he woke up fully, two hours later, loneliness still stung his heart even though he couldn’t remember the wound.