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 Canāt Be True
Ā He can tell that heās dreaming, somehow. In that way that you know youāre not awake because everything is far too floaty, intangible. He knows, because heās at the house, just walking through the door. Heās got a briefcase in one hand, and his coat draped over his arm. He canāt remember the last time he did that in real life, so this must be a dream.
He knows what dream this is. Itās 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 hasnāt seen her cry in a long time, but he remembers this.
āCharlie.ā 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 heās two people trapped in one, memory-Charlie and present-day Charlie. He knows whatās coming but he canāt stop it from happening.
āOh.ā He hears himself say, āYou remember my name.ā
And in hindsight thatās a shitty thing to say, itās just another reason, he knows that now. But at the time he hadnāt cared. Heās still not sure he cares.
āIām leaving you.ā Nicole takes a deep breath but when she speaks itās resolute. When she speaks itās with a finality she never had before. Charlie doesnāt believe it, even though really, deep down, he knew this was coming.
He knew, of course he knew.
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