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"Let's go home" he had said.
A snarl crossed her face at the thought.
Home was a lie. Home was a joke. Home was a trap.
Home was something the universe and he along with it had dangled in her face, had teased her with, like she was some kind of stupid animal. And she'd fallen for it. She'd taken the bait.
And then home was snatched out from under her, tearing at her skin and her heart as it went. Twice.
But when she looked in his eyes, she could still see the bright and beautiful facade of what home used to be.
(She could see windows flooded with the warm light of a fire that never died. She could hear the music. She was so close. All she had to do was reach out-)
More than anything, she wanted home to be something that was real and good.
But it wasn't. She wasn't going to fall for home again.