"I feel like you will ruin me one day, Angelica." His voice was hoarse.



His forehead came to rest against mine.



"But why do I want to be ruined so badly?" He breathed.

~~

He was lightning and thunder, frightening, but so magnificent.

I was a hurricane, lost and in search of purpose.

When we met it was like a collision of two catastrophes.

But who knew chaos could be so beautiful, so addicting.

And for a moment, he made me forget the destruction that is inevitable when two storms collide.

When Storms Collide

I noticed that Sebastian's hands were clenched into fists, his knuckled completely white.

/"He hurt you?/" Sebastian practically hissed.

/"Look at me, mi cara./" He murmured and I slowly lifted my head to meet his gaze.

His eyes were soft and swimming with pain. Pain he felt for me.

/"Why didn't you do something? Why didn't you leave?/" His voice was calmer but I could still detect a hint of anger.

For a moment I didn't answer. A part of me didn't want to answer because I was so ashamed. Maybe because I'd lost respect for myself for how low I'd had to stoop or maybe because I feared that my answer would make him lose respect for me.

But all these secrets had been weighing me down for so long. I was so tired of hiding. So I told him the truth.

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