Poison & Honey

Marren has learned how to exist without being seen.
Keep her head down. Say less. Expect nothing.
It’s easier that way.
Until Bishop notices.
He doesn’t touch her.
Doesn’t push.
Doesn’t take.
He watches.
And somehow, that’s worse.
Because the longer he holds back…
the more she starts to feel it.
The shift.
The tension.
The quiet, unsettling pull of something she doesn’t understand—
and doesn’t want to.
But restraint doesn’t mean safety.
And silence doesn’t mean absence.
It just means… not yet.