Letting Yourself Fall
Liam: He rubs at his tired eyes, eyeing you from across the room, your eyes peering up at him through thick tear-slick eyelashes. He chuckles humourlessly, “There are times I’m this close to giving up on us, you know” he states honestly. And you nod, because you do know, you’re familiar with it, close friends with it even; being given up on. But he continues moving towards you with sure steps, “but, hell, then I look at you and I hear your laugh and see you smile and when you say my name or when you look up at me like that, I just- I can’t. Because I love you. I really really do and I want you to love me too.
