Stop and Stare (#Wattys2015)

I had frozen time...forever.
I never wanted for any of this to happen.

But when your life consists of fake smiles and scars, there isn't much you can do about it.
When I found an old letter from my Granny with the stopwatch pendant attached to it, I was curious. The watch claimed to be able to freeze time, so, perhaps, I could mend our broken family.
Sure, I'm not a complete fool. I knew playing with time was dangerous. Back then, it felt more dangerous to sit with all the pain cooped up inside of me.

I couldn't help it.

I fiddled with time...but then things got out of hand.
And now there's no going back.