Firefly Glen but if the silence takes you, then i hope it takes me too

Holy fuck, are you broken?! Say something! Say SOMETHING!
 
Atlas’ mouth appeared to move like he was speaking, but the only noise to escape his lips was a strangled sort of sound from the back of his throat. The few seconds that he tried to talk but couldn’t, he watched her face shift from joyous affection to concern and confusion. He had caused that to happen to her and it was tearing through him like a hot blade through butter.
 
The dark boy did not know where his words had gone. He did not know how he had lost the ability to speak in such a vital time. Meerkat had shocked him silent. She’d stunned him and he was going to ruin everything. Fear mingled with the surprise and quickened his pulse. He felt like he was going to melt, but the snow continued to fall around them.
 
Without much warning, the inkjet yearling lowered his head and pressed it to her.
 
If he could not tell the girl how he felt, he would learn to show her.