C54 Broken

Date = 7 December

Place = San Francisco (Damion’s house / UCSF Medical Center)

POV – Melaena

“Fuck.”

The phone slips from my fingers and clatters onto the floor, the sound sharp and final.

I don’t move. I can’t. My heart doesn’t just stop — it shatters, splitting wide open like it’s been waiting for this exact blow.

My knees give out, and I sink to the floor