Head Above Water

by C.E. Ricci

I most definitely am obsessed with him. Kinda. Just a little bit. In the least stalkerish creepy way I can be.

I regret not telling you, despite it all, I love you.

“If you need me, have me. If you want me, take me.”

It’s not easy to keep someone else’s head above water when you’re drowning yourself.

“You’re a dream,” I whisper, my nose brushing his. “You’re a dream in the midst of my worst nightmare.”

“I could live the rest of my life right here, in this moment, and it still wouldn’t last long enough,”