The Afterthought

by K.M. Baker

To anyone looking for a man who would burn down the world for you, and then fuck you like a god in the ashes.

The truth is people are who they are, and it's just a matter of whether or not you can accept them for it.

My mom was an addict, my father was a cheater, and the love of my life was a disappointment. It's fine. I'm better off alone.

"Cut me, baby. It'll only turn me on." He tilts his head to the side, silently daring me.

Ava thinks she doesn't belong to me, but she's wrong. She’s mine, whether she wants to be or not. I'll just have to make sure I remind her every time she forgets. I'll burn anyone who tries to come between us alive and spit on their charred bones.

would gladly light it up and watch it all burn for her. This whole town could burn for all I care.