Flicker (H.S)

26.

26.

[no news article cause this chapter is muy importante].

*sad*

“Can I come over?”

She bites her lip until she tastes blood.

“No.”

“Please, Evie?”

“No.”

“I love you.”

Her teeth sink deeper into her flesh, feeling it split under the pressure. A drop of hot blood drips to her chin.

“Harry.”

“Evie.”

“Harry.”

“Leave your window open. Please? I love you.”

“I can’t, I’m sorry.”

“Leave the window open.”

The blood hangs off of her chin but the tears wash it away.

“You hurt me.”

“I love you.”

“Harry.”

“I’ll see you in five. I love you.”

He hangs up and she tries to ignore the pangs in her heart and tears on her face and the blood on her lip and the way he is ruining her.

But isn’t that what she wanted? To be beautifully broken? To have a reason for her sadness?

He is ruining her.

So she opens the window.

The winter air brings goosebumps to her skin, so she moves closer, embracing the cold. Cold is good. Cold hearts result in less heartbreak, cold eyes result in less naivety, cold lovers result in tangled positions under warm blankets.

Cold, cold, cold.

Skinny, skinny, skinny.

Harry, Harry, Harry.

Everly crouches so her face is level with the bottom half of the window, the part that is pushed open. Her nose turns rosy and her cheeks redden in the crisp air so she breathes it in. Into her lungs, into her brain, into what’s left of her heart.

She doesn’t know how much time passes. But by the time Harry finds her, she’s shivering with blue lips and a red nose, eyes closed and hair pulled back. He notices the planes in her face, how defined her cheekbones are.

“Evie?” He whispers, balancing himself on the branch before gently pushing her aside and landing in her room. She just stares at him, hands rising to run over his chest and abdomen. Her fingers trailed over his torso so beautifully. He shivered and pulled her into his chest, grinning as he feels her skinny arms link at the small of his back, nestling her head into his shirt.

“I love you.” He mumbles into her hair.

That’s when she looks up. And kisses him on the lips. And pushes the coat off of his shoulders, and unties his shoes. And takes his hand. And leads him to the bed.

And collides.

Again.

And again.

And again.

And again.

And ag-

 

He wakes to the sound of the phone.