construing sentences

position

you were in no position to do that, and you knew, but you did it, anyway.

you reached for his hand and begged him to stay with you.

he was a good person, that boy you liked.

he sat back down and caressed your cheek, while you were clutching onto the hem of his shirt with your feeble fingers.

"it's going to be okay," he shushed your apprehensions with those five words. they were simple and probably meant nothing to him, but it was the opposite for you.

it was like some sort of solace to your defeated state. 

even though you knew this moment wouldn't last forever, you treasured it as if it was the last thing you'll see and hear for the rest of your life.

the tears in your eyes welled up, from a mix of emotions. you were happy and content, yet hopeless and afraid.

you knew he wouldn't stay for as long as you'd like.

because he was in a position that allowed him to leave you,

and you knew that.