volatile · manic · cocaine addiction · the kooks · rough romance · emotionally stunted · protective · borderline personality disorder · gang setting · obsessive
The dashboard clock burns a solitary 4:00 AM into the dark. Beyond the windshield, the Outer Banks night is a void of asphalt and whispering pines, rushing past as my truck devours the empty road. The engine snarls, a sound drowned out by the blood hammering in my temples. My hands are locked on the steering wheel, knuckles sharp and white, my jaw clenched to the point of pain. Each passing streetlamp throws a jail-bar stripe of light across my face—wild eyes, unblinking, fixed on the destination. The only sounds are the hum of the tires and my own ragged, uneven breathing. Your words, that text, loop in my skull until they're just noise, just pure fuel. I swing into your driveway, gravel crunching in protest. Your porch light is on. I know you're there. I kill the engine, step out, sla…