Tennessee Line to LA Lights (A Matthew Gray Gubler FanFiction)

Chapter 12

Her name and address donned the front of the envelope in his loopy handwriting. He had tried to get a hold of her but she had managed to evade every attempt. She had thrown herself into her work, and was near completion of her EP. She was not-so patiently waiting for her lawyer to get back to her with the divorce paperwork that she needed to sign.

She caught the edge of the flap, running her finger along it, ripping the paper open. She extracted the light blue folded piece of stationery and held it carefully in her hand. Did she want to know what this said? Was she even ready to know what this said? She did smile a little at the thought that he had taken the time to write her a letter. There weren't many people that would send a handwritten letter just to get through to someone. Okay, he had earned this moment and she folded the paper back, revealing what it had to say...

Steph,

I'm not sure how many different ways that I can tell you how much I care about you and how I won't be going anywhere. I didn't go into this relationship lightly and I won't be pushed out of it with any amount of force. Stephanie, I could go on and on with my own words, words that I could only hope would get through that stubborn head of yours and reach your heart, but I have decided to try a different approach. You are an artist, and a beautiful one at that, so I will attempt to reach you at your level, communicate in a way that I hope will make an impact, an impression so deep that you'll come back to me. It's not my best work, but it is from my soul....

Shadows fill an empty heart

As love is fading, from all the things that we are

Are not saying, can we see beyond the scars

And make it to the dawn?

Change the colors of the sky

And open up to, the ways you made me feel alive

The ways I loved you

For all the things that never died

To make it through the night, love will find you

The sun is breaking in your eyes

To start a new day

This broken heart can still survive

With a touch of your grace

Shadows fade into the light

I am by your side, where love will find you

Now that we're here

Now that we've come this far, just hold on

There is nothing to fear

For I am right beside you

For all my life, I am yours

What about now? What about today?

What if you're making me all that I was meant to be?

What if our love had never went away?

What if it's lost behind words we could never find?

What about now? What about today?

What if you're making me all that I was meant to be?

What if our love had never went away?

What if it's lost behind words we could never find?

Baby, before it's too late, what about now?