Prompt: Feelings

She leaves him alone far too much.

She'll give him a doubtful look when he insists that he doesn't want to talk about it, but she drops the matter entirely and goes about her own business. It's not that she doesn't care – she cares more than anyone else; that much is true – but the awful truth lingers in the back of his mind.

She is utterly afraid of him.

Between the two of them, there is no outlet for the feelings that remain bottled up, and that will be their downfall.

(It's not like they ever amounted to anything, anyway.)