Chapter 43: Chapter Thirty-Seven

LEO

Erwin is in love with me. So in love that he can no longer make out what is right and what is wrong. And he doesn't need to spell it out for me to understand. It doesn't take a genius to understand the look in his eyes when he looks at me. Like we would rather the world burn if it means to have me. Like I am the only home he belongs to and he will never let it crumble.

He loves me and it makes me feel something I never felt. He loves me like the way every person dreams that their partner would. He loves me like the way I once wanted but I long ago gave up on finding that kind of love, since whenever I demanded that kind of love all I got was hate, betrayal and another nightmare.