AUTUMN OF OUR LIVES

"I can't keep doing this," she whispered, almost lost beneath the thunder.

He crossed the room in three strides, his hand closing around her wrist gently but firmly. "Then stop running," he said, voice low, trembling. "Just stay."

She turned to him, eyes glistening with unshed tears. "You don't understand-"

"I do," he cut her off, stepping closer, so close he could feel the heat of her breath. "I understand every damn part of it. The fear. The past. The walls you've built so high no one's ever gotten through-except me."

She shook her head, but he saw the crack in her defenses. He touched her face, his thumb brushing away a tear.

"I love you," he said, the words breaking free like a storm surge. "I've loved you every second since that night on the balcony. And I'm not going to pretend I don't anymore."

She blinked, trembling. Her lips parted, but no sound came.

Then, suddenly, her mouth was on his-
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