If it hadn’t been for the way his eyes filled with tears and vulnerability when she entered the room, her heart might not have skipped a beat and she might not have paused long enough for him to speak. But it did, and so, she did, and in that tiny spark of a moment, heContinue reading “Defining Moments”
Tag Archives: Anti-Romance
Your Fortress
My heart slams against your walls time and time again, trailing to the floor in a battered heap of blood and tears. I hadn’t meant to get so close to your boundaries but how could I see them, when you’ve made them invisible? They stand like silent fortresses, shrouded in a mist of confusing wordsContinue reading “Your Fortress”
Drowning
I’m sinking, as I knew I would. I saw the signs days ago. My cracking veneer didn’t stand a chance against the force of your emotions. I knew eventually the darkness would come rushing in to pull me under with its unbreakable grip. Even as I’m pulled deeper and deeper into the abyss, I knowContinue reading “Drowning”
Goodbye to the Lies
Blood pounded in her ears as she reached the elevator and punched the call button repeatedly. It was all a fucking lie. The last three years of her life were nothing but a fucking lie. “Lisa!” “C’mon, c’mon,” she told the elevator, attempting to ignore his pursuit. “Lisa, wait!” “Fuck you, Brad!” She punched theContinue reading “Goodbye to the Lies”
Wedding Announcement
She had to do everything just right. She picked the exact right outfit, put on the exact right makeup and styled her hair beautifully. She wanted to be sure to have the perfect pictures for their wedding announcements. She looked over at Glen. He was smiling like an idiot, as he drove them to theirContinue reading “Wedding Announcement”
The Silent Aggression
She stared idly at her shoes in the corner, while he talked. Joel was prone to long drawn out explanations and her brain, which had initially struggled to focus, had given up completely. Some deep part of it had chosen this exact moment to try and calculate the approximate remaining life span of her sneakers…Continue reading “The Silent Aggression”
The Way You Look at Me
I tried not to look at you. I really did. I knew somehow the force of your wrath would burn my retinas… But it was like trying not to look at the storm raging outside your window… I had to take a peek. As expected, your glare was a force to behold. I felt itContinue reading “The Way You Look at Me”
Boundaries
“I still become easily confused when a man tells me who I am… even after all this time.” “I would counter that that’s normal after suffering years of abuse and perhaps you are being too hard on yourself.” I felt my eyes roll. Why did therapists have to be so fucking reasonable about everything? SheContinue reading “Boundaries”
Small Town Love Story
You know the move guys try where they insult a girl to make her feel unstable, then talk her up and get her number? Yeah, it’s trash right? But it’s trash that works because we are taught to devalue ourselves as women pretty much every day of the week. Right, so, this was how IContinue reading “Small Town Love Story”
She Fell
“I’ve been having an affair.” His green eyes held remorse but they couldn’t match her devastation. The world froze. It literally stopped turning, and she thought, “so this is what that’s like,” before she fell to the floor. She fell. She fell. She fell… She thought she would never stop falling. Prequel to She Flew:Continue reading “She Fell”
Natolie Webb 