Pining for You: Fallen Leaves, Filthy Promises

Evie –

I wasn’t supposed to stay.

A quick escape, a weekend in the woods, and then back to the life I’ve spent years pretending to love.

But he was there. All flannel and firelight, looking at me like I wasn’t too much.

Like I was exactly enough.

Now I’m tangled in something I don’t have a name for.

And the scariest part?

I don’t want to run anymore.

Jack –

She says it’s just for the weekend.

That she’s not staying.

But from the second she steps out of that car, haunted eyes, bare legs, oversized hoodie, I know better.

She’s not passing through.

She’s mine.

She just hasn’t figured that out yet.

And I’ll give her every reason to stay. Even if I have to burn down the forest to keep her.