[ It's been a long time coming -- it's a given that he would say that, that he, too, would get tired of them dancing around each other. They'd been doing this for months and months now, and there'd always been a barrier, something that's been broken today, finally between them.
They can bury it today, right? All the hurts, all the trespasses, all the pain and regrets. Her gaze softens, because Raleigh's never asked her for anything like that before, and her heart aches for him, for the both of them.
Wordlessly, she sets the cup aside and takes him into her arms, her hand coming up to cradle the back of his head and hold him against her because the ball is in her court, and Raleigh's waited long enough. They both have. She embraces him, finally, and she fights the urge to cry because she's missed him so, so much, and she'd never stopped loving him, not for a second, not for a heartbeat.
Yes, she wants to say, but the words are caught in her throat. Yes. I'm so sorry. ]
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They can bury it today, right? All the hurts, all the trespasses, all the pain and regrets. Her gaze softens, because Raleigh's never asked her for anything like that before, and her heart aches for him, for the both of them.
Wordlessly, she sets the cup aside and takes him into her arms, her hand coming up to cradle the back of his head and hold him against her because the ball is in her court, and Raleigh's waited long enough. They both have. She embraces him, finally, and she fights the urge to cry because she's missed him so, so much, and she'd never stopped loving him, not for a second, not for a heartbeat.
Yes, she wants to say, but the words are caught in her throat. Yes. I'm so sorry. ]