to this day, he will never know how much he saved her.
before they met, she was lost for a long a while.
she hid herself away and buried the real her under layer after layer.
she was always afraid and anxious underneath her cold eyes.
and when she smiled, it was always half-hearted -- a thin line between sadness and ingenuity.
she was judgmental and emotionally distanced herself from everyone for the sake of protecting herself.
a selfish act that she would take time and time again because she just couldn’t handle another broken heart.
and slowly, but surely, he started taking down her walls that she had spent years building and securing.
through kindness and genuine care, he showed her it was okay to open up to someone even if there was a chance of her getting hurt.
because he’ll be by her side, he promised -- his nervous hand taking her’s.
and after close to a year of dating, she finds herself in his room -- the both of them lying on his bed innocently as he read one of his many books while she spent the time cuddled to his pillow silently watching.
she couldn’t help but wonder what she did to deserve someone like harrison.
she believed she wasn’t worth it, first and foremost, having been told that by her estranged mother time after time while growing up.
and although harrison wasn’t there during her high school years and probably wouldn’t believe it even if she told him -- she was a horrible person.
she did many things she was not proud of and hurt a lot of people with her words and actions due to greed and in need of ventilation.
and for a time, tried to hurt her own self because of the guilt eating away at her due to being trapped by her own demons.
but he changed all of that.
harrison saw the good in her and chose to be with her despite the stories he probably heard.
and although it was awkward at first, he had given her reasons to not only trust in him but to also put faith in herself -- away from the past that still sometimes plagues her, her past that he has accepted.
remembering all that he’s done for her, cassie couldn’t help but stare at him with quiet admiration, her expression soft as the one she adores blissfully and ignorantly turns another page to his novel.
the three words slipped so softly from her lips, she didn’t even realize she had said them until harrison is staring back at her with his same old caring eyes -- filled with genuine surprise and the same look of interest as when they first met.
biting her lip out of embarrassment, her cheeks flushed a tinge of pink -- the same stubborn expression she usually shows whenever she became out of characteristically shy and doubtful.
but then his lips met hers.
and suddenly, everything was okay.
just as he always makes it.
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