Work Text:
I forgot how to say your name casually
Like it didn't describe someone's whole world
My whole world
It's just been so long since I needed to
Since I had to mince my words around you
And retract my treacherous hands
I never counted the times they reach for you
To rest in the crook of your elbow and fix your tie
Breaking habits isn't like breaking bones
The hurt doesn't disappear with any medicine I know
So I stand far away and speak to the tiled floor and avoid saying your name
It's better this way
It's like an arrow shot right at the frailest part of my skin
When you enter my thoughts so I squeeze my lips shut
But I'd rather choke on the word than miss your name on my tongue