Woman |h.s|

Chapter 38

Sawyer

"I love you too Harry."

Silence fills the room as I stand still staring at Harry's back. He has yet to move or make a sound.

I've waited to say those words for what feels like an eternity. I felt a weight lift off of my chest the moment I told him. The second Harry started talking I knew I was done for. Whenever I have doubted him I've ended up being wrong and I always feel like a fool after. My brain goes to the worst place and I think he knows that- I love that he knows that.

I love that he loves me as much as I love him.

Harry suddenly turns around and races towards me, cupping my cheeks and pulling me into a hard kiss. I can taste my tears on our lips but I don't care. At this moment all I care about is that I am the happiest I have ever been in my whole life.

Harry and I both don't make any effort to pull away from one another. I almost ended everything with him and that was the worst pain I've felt. The unknown. I didn't know what he was going to say to me when he walked through that door or if he even was going to walk through that door. But I can't think about "what ifs'' because he is here and he loves me.

I am enough.

I am enough.

Harry pulls away and rests his forehead against mine. I keep my eyes closed and smile just wanting to stay in the moment. I wish it could last forever. I wish everything could last forever with him. I open my eyes and finally look at him, seeing tears running down his face. I gently lift my hand and brush away his tears with my thumb. Simultaneously we both pull each other into a hug and he nuzzles his head into the crook of my neck. I hear him whisper, "I love you. I love you. I love you" into my neck.

"I thought you didn't love me Sawyer. I was scared you never would. I have never loved anything as much as I love you." He cries into my shoulder. I run my hands up and down his back trying to calm him down.

"How could I not love you Harry?" I pull his head out of the crook of my neck so I can look into his eyes. "I never really knew what love was until I fell for you. I didn't want to fall for you but once I started, I couldn't stop. I felt like I was falling down a never ending rabbit hole and eventually I was going to be woken up and realize it was all a dream. God- I didn't want it to be a dream because my heart couldn't take it if you didn't love me."

Harry wipes away the tears running down my face just like I did earlier for him. He moves his lips towards my right cheek and kisses right where he had just wiped away my tears. He then moves to my left cheek, and does the same thing. I shudder at his action, and he continues to pepper kisses all over my face. He moves from my cheeks to the tip of my nose, and then to my forehead. In between each kiss he mutters three simple words, I love you. After he has covered practically my whole face in kisses, I grab his hand and lead him towards our room. He blindly follows me as I open the doors to the room and guide him towards our bed. I slowly lead him to the edge of the bed and gesture for him to sit. I slot myself between his legs and run my hands through the curls that always form at the back of his head. Harry lets out a soft moan as I lightly pull at his hair and tilt his head back so I can capture his lips with a kiss. We both immediately melt into each other once more, leaving any composure I had behind. A fire ignites inside me and I start to rock my hips against him. My actions elicit yet another groan from him as he detaches his lips from mine.

"I want to take it slow if that's okay?" Harry barely mumbles out. I immediately stop all my actions, realizing I may have taken it too far.

"Of course my love. I didn't mean to get carried away." I run my hand through his curls and move to hop off his lap. Just as I'm about to lift myself up, Harry grabs my hips and keeps me in my place. "That's not what I meant." Harry lifts his lips up to my neck and peppers light kisses all the way up to my jaw. "What I meant is I don't want to go fast like we always do. I want to show you how much I love you. How much I've always loved you even when I didn't know it."