to all the small things

Mike looks like he’s glaring ahead at something, a frown fixed on his face. It’s his permanent frown, the one that always hides behind his eyes even when he’s smiling. Max doesn’t know why she knows this, only that she feels the same way. The stupid part is that she can’t bring herself to tell him, even though she knows, and everyone knows, it’ll help them both.Most likely he’ll shut down and become defensive anyway, and she also knows this because she would do the same. // or, two nights before Mike leaves for California, he comes to the trailer park to talk to Max.