"Sophie, can you-"
"Anything."
"Fix me?" Confusion pulsed in Sophie.
"You don't need fixing." Keefe's gaze lifted from the poor stalks of grass he'd been torturing and searched Sophie's face for a sign going against his empathy. But there were none. She had meant it.
Sophie knotted their fingers together and sighed.
"Sophie, I . . ." Keefe trailed off, his voice dwindling.
"We're all beyond breaking sometimes."
"Alone."
"At night."
"Jumping at the shadows."
"And not being able to scream," they finished in unison.
The pair looked at each other and some unnameable force clicked.
"The nightly chats are back on, aren't they," Keefe remarked.
"Definitely."
(A/N: Really makes you appreciate the simple things, doesn't it? REMEMBER TO VOTE, COMMENT, AND REQUEST!)
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FanfictionA COLLECTION OF ❤KOTLC❤ONESHOTS! Fair warning, I started this in 2018. The writing gets better at the end of the sokeefe section, but my bar is miles high. Remember to vote, comment, and request! It helps more than you think.
