InsaneJournal

Gusmas 2012
Title: Choking on the Truth
Author: jule1122
Prompt" Do you wanna hold me?

“Hold up,” Debbie stops Brian as he tries to sneak up the stairs. She steps closer and spots the bruise on his cheek. “What happened, and don’t tell me you fell again.”

“What’s it matter?”

Debbie forces him to look at her. “It matters to me.”

“And if I tell you,” Brian yells defiantly. “What are you going to do? Hug me and make it all better?”

“I would if you’d let me,” Debbie ignores Brian’s snort. “But you won’t; so I’m calling your mother and telling her you’re staying for the weekend.”

He nods, and they pretend it’s enough.