Cruel Summer – C W Farnsworth

If I’d said that to any other guy—and I do mean any other guy because I’m richer than all of them—they would have gotten defensive. One thing I used to love about Sawyer, rather, because starting now, I’ve resolved to focus only on his flaws. Sure enough, he smiles. “It’s an idiom, Wren. You might’ve learned about them … in English class.”

I want to shout, You wrote me back! Instead, I dig in my heels. “It was the hardest I’d ever come.” A cruel smile touches the corners of Sawyer’s lips. “You probably pretended it was me.” I can’t come up with a cutting enough response. I’m too aware of the heat spreading through me, terrified of the way he’s invaded my inner thoughts. He’s not just tattooed on my skin. He’s deeper. Cells in my blood. Marrow in my bones. So entangled that I can’t remove him without cutting myself up.

I allow some honesty out. Maybe that’s the only way to excise him. “I wanted more, okay? I thought we were more. That’s why I showed up on New Year’s. You obviously felt differently, so⁠—” “I never said that,” he interrupts. “Right. You said, ‘Why?’ when you fucking knew why I was really there. That wasn’t humiliating enough? You need me to spell it out for you seven months later?” I shake my head, then move toward the car door. Sawyer steps left, blocking me. “I’m sorry, Wren,” he says quietly.

“I don’t need an apology from you. I don’t need anything from you. I wanted things from you. I’ve moved on. You can’t decide you want me now because I did.” “You think that’s why I’m out here?” “I don’t know why you’re out here, Sawyer.” He exhales. “I’m fucked up, Wren. I fuck up. You have no clue what you’re getting into with me, and I have no idea why you’d even want to.”

“Wanted to.” I emphasize the past tense. One corner of his mouth curves up. “You kissed me back.” “It was a reflex.” “What about stroking my hair?” “I wasn’t stroking.” He hums, not really agreeing or disagreeing, and then his expression turns serious again. Tense too. “I really came out here to check …

you’re okay?” “Okay?” I echo. “Like, sober?” “Yeah, that. And … the guy upstairs … he didn’t do anything …” He clears his throat. “Nothing, uh, happened that you didn’t want to happen?” The only other time I’ve seen Sawyer so uncomfortable was when he showed up at the Red, White, and Blue party.

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