What you never knew

The light kept her warm. She was safe near the fire. It kept the bad things away.
He had been gone for so long now. The last thing she remembered was his hand fading into the dark.
Soon, he would come back for her, surely he would come back for her. She was scared being alone, the fire the only friend she had. It was dark outside the light of the fire, pitch black of a thousand endless nights.
She was scared of being alone. She was scared of what waited in the dark. Surely, he would be back soon.
She never thought about the way she treated him. The demeaning, the commands. Constantly ignoring, only to interrupt when he was busy. Involved in only herself, she saw nothing.
He faded into night, turning his back. Never coming back, he disappeared.