Pining for You: Split Her Like Firewood

LEILANI

I don’t do repeats.

One night. No names. No regrets.

That’s how I survive, by keeping every man at arm’s length and every secret buried where no one can dig it up.

But then he walks back into my life.

Micah.

The one-night stand with rough hands and soft eyes.

The good boy who split me open once and never asked for more.

Now he’s here. In my town. Around my kid.

And I should push him away...

Except I can’t stop wanting him to stay.

Even if my past comes knocking.

Even if it threatens everything I’ve tried to protect.

Even if the dirtiest part of me wants to be ruined again.

MICAH

I only got her once.

One night. No name. Just a motel key and a memory I haven’t stopped fucking myself to since.

I thought I’d moved on.

But when I see her again, tough, tired, beautiful as sin, I know I never stood a chance.

Leilani is firewood soaked in gasoline.

She burns fast.

And I want to be the one who strikes the match.

She says I’m too good.

Too clean.

But I’d get filthy for her.

Bloody for her.

Burn for her.

Because she’s not just a mistake I want to make again.

She’s the fight I’m willing to lose everything for.