Chapter 25 - Scared

Cailen has always been an emotional drunk.

Everyone knows that. Everyone knows he's more likely to declare his love for you, loudly and repeatedly.

They know he's more likely to take things seriously so they like to take the piss out of him to see if he'll cry. He's been known to have a mental break down a time or two because there was no vodka left and he loves vodka.

Cailen thinks it's because for a very brief moment, he's able to be anyone he wants to be and he can pass it off as just being drunk. He's able to be a side of him he never gets to be, so his mind jumps at the chance and takes it too far.

And more often than not, he ends up a blubbering mess.

So he really shouldn't be surprised when he wakes up the next morning clutching onto… something.

His head pounded from the sunlight pouring in through his windows and his eyes cemented shut from dried tears. When he stirs, he's unable to