Fragile Hearted

She says please and looks away from me. My mind is racing being close to her, in her bed, I don't know if I could control myself. But I nod and walk to the other side of her bed. I pull back the covers and slip under them. Laying on my back. Millie is facing away from me, I want her to look at me and just let me hold her. I close my eyes and start drifting off. I few seconds later I feel a hand draped around my torso. I open my eyes to see Millie snuggling up against me. It won't be like this forever, and it takes everything in me to not touch her how I want to right now. I wait in silence until I hear her lightly snoring. I close my eyes again and before drifting off I whisper something quiet enough that she shouldn't hear it.

"I love you"

Mille is fragile. She can get hurt just by sitting the wrong way, it's caused by a sickness she used to have as a kid. It's ventured back into her life now that she's in college it's hard to really make friends. Her roommate Jonah has always had a thing for her. He looks at her as if she's the only girl in the world, as if she's the most beautiful thing he's ever seen. Mille doesn't find her self beautiful in any way. Maybe after spending a summer together Jonah can make Millie fall for him and Millie can gain a little more self confidence. That is if her sickness doesn't get in the way.