Everything written after 2am and tagged avoidance.
I let myself into my parents' kitchen after they're asleep, eat what she leaves out, and wash it before I go. Tonight there's a spoon already set out.
I take the stairs past 4C every night, photograph the same crooked doormat, and never once knock on her door.
Every night I cross the street before his doorway so I don't have to decide whether to speak. Tonight it was empty.