they didn’t just let it happen… they planned it…

” I whispered, leaning over to kiss his weathered cheek.

He closed his eyes, exhaling a long, trembling breath, as if those two words were the only medicine he would ever need.

From the sofa, Hunter shifted in his sleep. His thumb slipped out of his mouth.

“Monster gone,” he mumbled to his dinosaur.

I smiled, turning off the kitchen light.

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