The Bad Guy

by Celia Aaron

Right before I lost sight of her, she turned and smiled at me, as if sending me a spark of hope. The spark lit an inferno. It blazed up and promised destruction for anything that got between us. She was mine. Even if I had to steal her.

Smile when they smile. It’ll take you miles. When in doubt, wait it out. Emotions will always show what they’re about.

“You have to look beneath the surface. Find what’s true in a person. See what they need, what they expect from you. That’s what makes you human. Trying to connect. Does that make sense?”

“Where you’re concerned, I’ll be as creepy as necessary to make you happy.”

I’m drawn to your spark of darkness the same way you’re drawn to the ocean of mine. We aren’t magnets pulled together by a weak force; we create our own gravity for each other.”

The sun doesn’t reduce its heat to assuage the frigid moon.”