Hayley Davies Pov [portable] <LEGIT ●>

Tomorrow, I will walk downstairs. I will pour my coffee. I will smile when Liam walks through the door. And I will keep every feeling locked behind my teeth, because that’s what Hayley Davies does. She endures. She waits. She loves from a safe distance.

Weird. Not particular. Not sensitive. Just weird. hayley davies pov

When Liam looks at me, his eyes don’t linger. They pass right over, like I’m part of the furniture. A lamp. A rug. Jake’s little sister. Tomorrow, I will walk downstairs

I don’t know if Liam will ever look at me the way I look at him—like I’m a book he can’t put down, a story he needs to finish. But for now, in the dark, with only my thoughts for company, I let myself pretend. And I will keep every feeling locked behind