mama bear.

today, after sitting through an interesting, albeit pointless, meeting at work and then covering a half-shift before unwittingly signing up to work from home tonight, i came back to silence and an open door. my roommate was doing her homework, her boyfriend fast asleep on her bed. two people were lounging on my bed; one sleeping, one reading, both somehow curled up to accommodate the other in the sharing of my comforter and pillows.

"i love you, but i never see you anymore."

i really am a human fallout shelter.