This Biker Was Sitting Outside Our School Daily Until Cops Dragged Him Away in Cuffs

was pulled back now. His eyes were the exact same shade of gray-blue as Danny’s had been. I don’t know how I hadn’t seen it before. I don’t know how I hadn’t known.

He saw me. He stopped walking.

Neither of us said anything for a long time.

“Are you here for me?” he finally asked. His voice was deep and quiet. Nothing like what I’d been bracing for.

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