*Elio*

My head was still pounding as I walked out the front door. Leaving her when she was so upset took everything I had in me.

No matter how angry I still was, I loved her more than that. Her tears still felt like acid on my skin, guilt burning in my chest. I wanted nothing more than to run back inside and hold her in my arms, to reassure her.

But I squeezed my eyes shut, focusing on the pain pounding in my head and the lingering effects from sleeping ...