All the Missing Pieces

by Catherine Cowles

“It wasn’t that light-your-soul-on-fire love. It was comfortable love,” I admitted. “You deserve that burn-everything-to-the-ground love.”

“It’s a bad idea,” I rasped. “We’d be playing with fire.” Those ocean eyes sparked. “Then let’s watch it burn.”

It shouldn’t have been possible for chaos to be so calming, but it was. She was.

“Should’ve told you before now. You look beautiful. A kind of beauty that would make any man stop in his tracks. But it’s only matched by your fierceness.” Those brown eyes sparked gold. “Show no mercy, Chaos.”

“Haven’t you figured it out yet, Chaos? You’ve had me breaking all the rules since the day I met you.”

Whether we look or not doesn’t change that there are going to be some kind souls and some assholes.”

“Think I loved you from the moment you told me the cat had fucking AC in that van.”