Before the Crash

“I’ve never seen you scared…”

I thought that that explosion of light would be the last before everything winked out. And I thought that it would all wink out with you right next to me. I thought that that was the end. Not of me and you, but of everything. In a way it was. Or maybe it was the end of nothing. I don’t have an answer, so I lift my chin at you and narrow my eyes, smirking softly. I don’t know when I figured it out, but I know it makes you crazy. Not that that matters. You’re already excited. I can feel it. I can taste it. I’m breathing it in. You’ve never seen me scared, but I’ve never seen you so excited. Your eyes give me a once over, smiling like you’ve accomplished something impossible. Like that moment I held on to you a little tighter, the moment the lights sped by too fast and I thought that it was the end, ignited something you’d been waiting to set ablaze. You tip your head back then shake it in disbelief.

“Oh my god. I fucking love it.”