For the Next-Gen Drabble Tag!
Lucy & Teddy. Just keep burning until it's all over.
It's fire and it's hot and it's almost, almost too much for her.
But only almost.
Lucy always knows what she's doing, and she can handle this. She also knows why the feeling that it's about to burst is there; it's only a matter of time until he'll walk away from her.
But instead of rising, smoothing her hair, and wiping the lipstick off that has smeared itself around her mouth, she stays.
She tells herself, "Just keep burning until it's all over," and maybe it is already over because she doesn't know how to put the fire out anymore.