Forever, My Love

You can live your life in fear of what happened or let go and see where the fear can lead you. Whether it brings us to the right place or to our darkest moment, it served its purpose.
Our fear led us to each other.
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Zavian Massimo has always felt caught in between wanting to live and leave her life behind. Living with constant anxiety and PTSD she's shut every one out after traumatic events at a young age. Her life has been a series of unexpected events but he was the most unexpected of all.
Leviathan Ortega has always felt...caught. Just getting released on parole after six years in prison for the murder of his brothers best friend, the first step to creating a new life is finding a job. Drugs, gangs, and police chases are all he's known; all he's lived to want to know. His life has been a series of expected events, but he never saw her coming.
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"I can't keep doing this, giving you my all when you're only giving me half. It's not fair," she tells me, her eyes welling up with glossy tears. Long strands of light brown hair float in front of her face, the wind blowing vigorously despite the warm spring temperature.
"I don't know what you want to hear me say," I say, setting my attention on the floor. She takes a step towards me, resting her hand on my chest. My fingers wrap around her slim wrist, half pushing her hand away but half guiding it upwards. I can't help but lean into her touch when she caresses my stubbled cheek with her fingers, letting out a shaky breath. "I won't cause you any hurt."
"I'm scared of this too; I'm scared of you in general actually. But I think we owe it to ourselves to try this out. We can handle our damage together."

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