Heart the Lover

by Lily King

The feeling catches me off guard. Oh. Love.

But I’m not good at saying that I feel hurt or forgotten or rejected. There had been no room for that growing up. I’m more skilled at burying

This is the first time he’s used ‘babe’ on the page. It’s his most tender endearment, which he uses only in the most intimate moments, when it feels like we are breathing from the same body.