Lily Gold

I gasp, loud and high-pitched. He quickly claps his hand over my mouth, muffling my moans.

“Stay. Quiet,” he growls in my ear.

So, while you’re here, love

We can trauma bond, then

Oh, I’ll try plenty hard, my little Bundt cake. Don’t you worry about that

Everyone you love will hurt you, in some way. Most of them, I hope, will do it by accident. Some of them will do it on purpose. Don’t let them win by letting it harden you. Stay trusting. And hopeful. Fall in love again, and again, and again. It’ll be okay. I promise

“I’m not a baby.” I try to wriggle out of his grip.

He just laughs and kisses the top of my head, unlocking his front door and bundling me inside.

ottom lip. “You want that?” I ask again.

She nods, slowly. I run my hand down

“I have a crush on you,”

“I have a crush on you, too,”

But I’m still so desperate for people to like me. At any sign of conflict, I just become completely subservient. It’s gross.