Nineteenth piece of the broken cage: I am only human

It didn't often happen and he was almost always careful. William wanted to bang his head as hard as he could against something, anything for that moment of weakness he so unwillingly had to endure. he hated being weak, weakness meant being hapless and he would never be that. he simply wasn't allowed to feel weakness.

the drive to Jody's apartment made his already failing focus jump from one of his nerves to the other, making his hammering heartbeat the way he didn't need to feel. his mother hadn't called him since but he could still feel the way she was angered, she was always angry these days.

he heaved a deep sigh to focus on his task.