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I shuton me

“That’s the part that everybody bullshits you about They’ll say one year, two years” My voice sounds hard “And then you go on forums and it’s five, ten Never”

/>I suck back a breath, and she lifts her head, frowning “What do you mean?” Her brows and mouth are pinched

“People don’t get better Soot hooked for a few years—yeah Five years, six years, seven Fine” I shaketime, likeValium”

I can see the wheels in her head turning I’m kind of impressed at how she keeps her face so clinical “Why does it matter, that bit? Is it a poor quality of life? If you don’t…stop it all entirely, that is?”

I s back a dry laugh “It depends on who you ask And how they do on that”

“On what?”

“A maintenance dose” I air-quote that shit

She gives ether “What’s the difficulty? Sticking at that dose?”

I nod Someone like me—I can’t stick to it I alant more I drape an arm over my eyes and chuckle hoarsely as I feel her tuck the blankets back overher moonlit features as they shift between troubled and concerned

“If I didn’t know better, I’d think you’re a fucking angel,” I whisper, s at her “Not a siren”

I watch as her face lights up She sits up straighter, then adjusts what I think is an invisible crown She moves her shoulders so they’re s It’s so fucking funny that I forget myself and sit up

She blinks her eyes a few times fast, and lifts her chin I wrapher down atop me I kiss her cheeks…her lips She’s pushed up on her ar down on me

“I won every schoolhouse garin, then laughs I urge her head into the corner ofover both of hers

“Ales