Healing through pain || shivian story

Chapter 13:

Chapter 13:

Time skip: it had been around a month and Siobhan and Vivian hadn't met up again since, however they would talk in the hallways most days and exchange a phone calls occasionally. They were definitely getting closer.

A few weeks had passed and Roger was getting more violent by the day. He was stressed, he was planning a merge between the two nurseries and a third one he had recently acquired. He took this out on Siobhan. She was drained, exhausted. Only thing she could think of was Vivian, she was kind and caring. Funny and sweet, could see the real Siobhan for who she was. The two had become friends, close friends. They met for coffee a few more times and Siobhan would update the system at exactly 7:30 every Monday, just to see her. She had never had a friend, was it normal to like her this much?

Siobhan is constantly in pain, denial almost. Monday 6:00 am, her phone blares.
Siobhan wakes up, Roger hungover of the sofa. She gets ready and sneaks down the stairs, she has a meeting booked with Vivian. Siobhan didn't sleep last night, tormented by bad memories and screaming, violence from Roger. She was exhausted.
She arrived at the nursery and is greeted by winter, a man she admired. A kind man, a wonderful husband. Perfect, autumn deserved him, especially with Roger as a father, she was glad she found someone the complete opposite to heal her. She wished she could find someone like that.

W: good morning Shibby!

S: don't call me that.

She looked exhausted. Sick almost.

W: are you ok? You don't look well.

Siobhan begins to feel emotion brew, tears almost spilling. She ran off.

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She ran into the family room, since she was early no one should have been in there. She broke, falling into the door in floods of tears.

"Siobhan?"

She looks up and meets Vivian's caring gaze

V: Siobhan what's wrong?

All Siobhan could do was drop to the floor and sob.
Vivian's heart shattered at the sight of this, the woman she was falling for was at breaking point. A strong, stern, emotionless woman overwhelmed by emotions buried deep inside her, finally bubbling to the surface and spilling.
Viv wrapped her arms around the woman who continued to cry. Siobhan despised physical touch, yet she was reassured by Vivian. Your safe.

She heard these words and immediately wept, Vivian was more than a friend. This was the moment Siobhan realised, she was falling for viv.

All she could do was breakdown as these thoughts rushed past her

'She was trapped with Roger'

'She couldn't be gay, it goes against everything she grew up with'

'stop crying, please stop'

'Weak, so weak'

All she could utter was thank you. As she looks up at Vivian, begging her to understand what she meant. She did.

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