Smallara

Evening, just after sunset. The living room is quiet except for the low hum of the fridge in the next room and the occasional creak of the heating vent expanding…

Evan was finally sleeping deeper, breathing heavy, mouth slightly open, curled under a weighted blanket on the couch. One leg dangled, twitching now and then as if her body were still…

Charity could feel Evan’s warmth long before she was fully awake. It radiated in steady waves through the massive arm that still pinned her gently to the teen’s chest. Evan…

Charity felt relief as a few days had passed and the idea of a community hadn’t progressed nor was it brought up. It seemed to hang in the distance as something that was a goal but not…