#periwinkler

Preview image of @periwinkler’s piece for the Stardust and Spirits Zine!

Title: Sunny Side Up

Author: Koganewest

Artist: Periwinkler

Post Date: May 17, 2019

Sneak Peek!

“I’m sorry, I just— I was trying to get you to calm down! It was a mistake, a misunderstanding,” he rambles, and Keith can’t even bear to look at his face. Lance lets out a nervous laugh and continues to make the situation a million times worse than it’d been. Keith just stares at the ground, face burning in shame. “I thought," Lance stutters, "I mean, I guess I read the situation wrong,” he shrugs, punctuated with a haphazard chuckle. He looks down at his feet, at his leg that shakes nervously, and shrugs again, as if to enunciate how uncomfortable he is. “No harm, no foul, right? We can just forget that ever happened.” If it hadn't been for the deafening fireworks above them, Keith thinks he'd be able to hear the sound of his heart snapping in two. “This is amusing to you, isn’t it?” Keith demands, visibly stiffening at his own tone, which betrays the hurt he’d been trying to hide. “This is funny, huh? It’s funny to watch me make a fool of myself in front of you. It’s funny when you make believe you care. It’s funny when you slow dance with me in your childhood bedroom. It’s funny when I try so hard to get your attention, doing my hair and dressing nice and— and for what?! For you to kiss me just for the hell of it? Then call it a mistake?” Lance only stares with widened eyes, absolutely silent, as Keith falls to pieces right in front of his eyes. “Whatever, then,” Keith huffs, turning his back to Lance once more. His voice is now detached, deadpan, emotionless — just as drained as he feels — like all the emotion has seeped out of him and dripped through the gaping hole in his chest. He should’ve known better than to come to this awful party. Parties never end well, and tonight was no exception. Keith crosses his arms over his chest defensively and hides his face with his fallen hair. A tear falls. Then another. “I didn’t think you could be this cruel, Lance. I guess I just always thought you’d be gentle when you broke my heart.”