fiveyearsalone:

            its quiet when he gets in the driver’s seat,
            & when he drives away, & before he looks
            at her & breaks the silence.

                     ’         i don’t need people skills. 
                     not when you do what i do. ‘

                                          ▋▉ ❘ ❙ ❚ — ❛ right. ❜

                             pointedly, she stares out the window.

                         ❛ because acting like a human being with
                         emotions and a sense of humor would be
                         the end of the world. ❜