Violet
"Your ass needs to f*****g eat. Get your ass out there."
Doom's order made me look up at him.
"I was going. But you were in here."
He smacked my butt.
"Hey!"
I frowned at him.
"I still hurt."
Doom chuckled.
"Good. Now move your ass."
There was something different in his tone.
Still Doom.
Still bossy.
But more playful than he normally was.
"Taking your ass to play pool when you feel better," he informed me.
I raised an eyebrow.
"Do you want me to take it easy on you this time?"
The words came out before I thought better of them.
Doom laughed.
"There goes that mouth again."
I nodded.
Yep.
There it went.
But I appreciated him.
After the emotional hell today had been.
Doom was somehow helping me feel a little more normal.
When we walked into the living room, I
