Love me (even if it's only in the dark)
1 part Complete Mature"I love you," she whispers, and it aches like only something that is worth it could.
"I love you too," Marley whispers back. It somehow makes everything so much worse, to know that she is loved in all the ways but the one she wants. Still, it simultaneously makes everything better, to know that she is loved by Marley at all.
Willow places soft, tender kisses all over her face, taking her time with each one until she finally reaches her lips. She hovers, just staring down at them with the knowledge that she's in too deep. No matter who, or what they become, she'll always have been, and be Marley's, someway or another. She'll always have kissed her, touched her, loved her, even if she manages to bring herself to stop one day. The fact that she might have to, eventually, is what really hurts the most.
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The one where communication is impossible, sex is easy, and nothing is right when they're not together