she's always been the kind of person that held on to the little things, that saw signs everywhere. like how she had fallen in love with a boy with the same name as her favorite city. it couldn't be just a coincidence that the blue of his eyes resembled the sky over the seine on a clear spring afternoon, or that every time they tried to put distance between them, the universe seemed to spin them right back into each other's orbit. her breath hitches, and honeyed hues glance down at their palms. long digits trace over hers, so instinctively, so naturally, completely betrays everything else. "paris," breathes out softly, slender legs taking a few steps closer until she can rest her forehead against his chest. his familiar scent invades her senses and for a second, just for a second, she lets her eyes flutter shut, focusing on the familiar rhythm of his heartbeat beneath her cheek. it fees like home and ruin all at once, this bittersweet melody she'd know anywhere. "i wanted it to be you." manicured fingers tighten around his, lacing through his long digits so firmly that there's no room left for him to pull away, even if he tried. "i prayed for it to be you." even if she had never believed in god, she had prayed to whatever universe was listening every single night they were apart. "but that was never going to be us, was it?"