# I Stayed Still

*The Floor Was Cold*

By [Nina Lelune | Someone Else’s Dream](https://paragraph.com/@nina_lelune) · 2025-04-29

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You didn’t touch me. You didn’t raise your voice. But I knelt.

There’s something in the way you look at me —

like you already know the ending.

I walked through that door.

And you locked it.

Chapter One is waiting.

If you want to read what happened next — ask.

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*Originally published on [Nina Lelune | Someone Else’s Dream](https://paragraph.com/@nina_lelune/i-stayed-still)*