“sorry, i’m so nervous.” ( audrey )
His fingertips delicately play a game of connect the dots against the freckles that decorate her pale skin. The words are spoken softly into her ear and his breath sends a chill rushing down her spine. It’s as though everything around them has fallen to the shadows and they are only surrounded by the darkness of time coming to a complete halt. All of the chaos that takes over their daily life seems like some distant memory. And for that, Audrey is thankful. For tonight, it’s just her and Newt.
But this was selfish of her; knowing what she knew and yet she didn’t do anything to stop this. Audrey wanted this last moment so badly it hurt. She wanted something she could cling onto when she went back, something she could have to remember him. What she wanted was to be able to feel the ghost of his gentle kisses against her lips, to remember how it felt when he held her in his arms and to remember the way he looked at her as if she was something special.
A soft smile is thrown over her shoulder as long, wavy tresses fall to frame her face. ❛ You don’t need to be sorry and you don’t need to be nervous. ❜ Her gaze is fixated on him, softening the longer brown hues linger. For a moment it’s like she’s forgotten to breathe; her heart beats so fiercely she thinks it might jump right out of her throat. But its now or never.
Audrey nervously tugs at the fabric of her shirt as a deep breath is taken in. It’s a swift but slow movement as it is taken of up over her head. Eyes flutter shut as she holds her breath, waiting for some sort of reassuring reaction that would get her to keep going.