me and you (and the space between)

brett closes his eyes like he's told, tangles the blanket in nervous fingers as he waits- suddenly there's fingers sliding slow over his features, mapping out his expression before slotting carefully into place over his jaw- eddy's forehead, pressing just barely against his own-

and this- this must be the breaking point, he thinks- it's so hard to keep pretending.

"eddy," he tries, almost desperate-

"i know," eddy whispers, words fanning over brett's lips. "just- please. if nothing else, let me have this."

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written for twosetweek prompt "uncertainty". inspired by enlaurement24 on ao3.