The story of how one man fell out of love and into it again
Charlie (Marriage Story) x Reader
(Word count: 3.7k ; Warnings: Infidelity, Affairs/Cheating, Angst, N*FW)
To Want A Love That Can’t Be True
He can tell that he’s dreaming, somehow. In that way that you know you’re not awake because everything is far too floaty, intangible. He knows, because he’s at the house, just walking through the door. He’s got a briefcase in one hand, and his coat draped over his arm. He can’t remember the last time he did that in real life, so this must be a dream.
He knows what dream this is. It’s a memory.
He knows because Nicole is sitting on the couch when he comes through the door, he knows because he remembers how tired she looked, her eyes rimmed red from crying. He hasn’t seen her cry in a long time, but he remembers this.
“Charlie.” Nicole says, and it stuns him.
He feels the fresh hurt from the dream and the familiar hurt from the memory at the same time, like he’s two people trapped in one, memory-Charlie and present-day Charlie. He knows what’s coming but he can’t stop it from happening.
“Oh.” He hears himself say, “You remember my name.”
And in hindsight that’s a shitty thing to say, it’s just another reason, he knows that now. But at the time he hadn’t cared. He’s still not sure he cares.
“I’m leaving you.” Nicole takes a deep breath but when she speaks it’s resolute. When she speaks it’s with a finality she never had before. Charlie doesn’t believe it, even though really, deep down, he knew this was coming.
He knew, of course he knew.
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