Silent Verity

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐰𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐮𝐬.

For years now, Dalton has been my rock. When we're apart, I feel like I can't breathe, but when we're together, I feel almost invincible. Like the world can't touch me.

But hitting it big enough for us and our bandmates to move into a mansion destroys everything.

I lost Dalton. I lost the one person I needed most in this world.

Somehow, we're all still living in relative harmony. Somehow, I hide the devastation I feel from all my friends. Somehow, I smile at Dalton all while I feel like I'm drowning in my own blood.

But when no one is looking, I allow myself to crumble. To fall. To break.

When my mother makes her reappearance, like she does every few weeks, it's the final straw. I'm breaking. Shattering. But this time, she's arriving to do more damage than she's ever done before.

Because she overdoses, and I'm woken in the middle of the night by police officers bringing me the news.

Dalton is who I beg for as my world is spinning out of control all around me. He's the only person I trust to hold all my pieces while I'm being shredded apart.

But have I truly lost him forever, or will Dalton pull through when I need him the most?

**𝙋𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙪𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙧'𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙚 𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙗𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙.