"No?"
His gaze sharpens, he lifts his hmad and before I can react….He drops the bracelet back into the box, and closes it, the sound echoes louder than it should.
Thick charged Silence follows. My chest rising and falling a little too fast. Because this…..This isn't just about control, it's something else, something he's not saying.
Something I can feel but not name.
"You don't get to tell me what I can or can't do," I say, quieter now. His eyes don't leave mine.
"I just did."
The words hit differently this time, not arrogan or dismissive…..Just a littleee… certain.
And that certainty...It shakes something in m, because for a second….Just a second, I don't know if I want to argue Or if I want to understand.
He steps back then, jsut enough to break the tension, enough to give me space But it doesn't help, because the air between us still feels heav and feels charged, still feels like something almost happened….Again and neither of us knows what to do with it.
