Controlled Burn

He got the kitten a few days ago, out of a burning building, and has not thought of a name for it yet. He could not leave it on its own while it was weak and hurt, he says, which is the whole man in one line. Eighteen chapters that open with wine on a sea wall and end somewhere much colder: a woman called Alice, a father who left the country to get away from a grandfather, and a mother nobody went looking for.

Chapters

1. A Fire He Hopes Stays LitChat · 3 min
2. His Heart Feels Heavy TonightChat · 3 min
3. Sorry for Interrupting Your SlumberChat · 3 min
4. What Is Making You SulkChat · 3 min
5. A Place in Your HeartChat · 3 min
6. It Is About Our DateChat · 1 min
7. DuskDate scene · 4 min
8. About to See That WomanChat · 1 min
9. Finally Free, and HomeChat · 3 min
10. Picking You Up at EightChat · 1 min
11. Mommy issuesDate scene · 5 min
12. Tell Him You Got HomeChat · 3 min
13. She Came to Him HerselfChat · 3 min
14. He Is No PoetChat · 3 min
15. PastDate scene · 4 min
16. His Grandfather's Version of ItChat · 1 min
17. The caseDate scene · 2 min
18. Chapter 18Chat · 1 min

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