65. Sleepless & Wild

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My pencil scratches at the notebook paper, the lines blurring as my mind drifts to sleep.

you're driving me wild, wild, wild

The light goes out in the hallway, someone calling out a quick goodnight before sleep comes and takes over the house.

you make my heart shake

Tyde whispers something to someone on the phone in his bedroom, the sound barely carrying through the walls.

and I can't turn away

I draw a line through the words, remembering the curve of Connor's smile, the light in his eyes, the way he nods as he speaks when he's excited.

white noise won't settle down

I cross out the words again, my mind occupied with the sea and the sky and all the colors of shooting stars.

white noise in my mind, won't calm down

you're all that I think about

"Troye!" Mum calls up the stairs. "Go to bed soon!"

"Y-yeah," I say back. "I will."

leave this neighbourhood

i'll climb up cliffs, trying hard not to fall,

for a love this good

because when you look like that

you're all that I can think about


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