softer prompts / accepting
@facetmind: “ you have my heart in your hands. be gentle with it. ”
HE’S BEEN AFRAID TO BE ALONE WITH HER, too scared to admit to himself that he’s still hopelessly in love with the girl who broke his heart --the same one who’s heart he broke. but trying to separate them is pointless, like a magnet gravitating to metal he can’t stay away from her. even the part of him that screams it’s better for her to be away for him is dulled out by the side of him that wants to be in her orbit.
she hurt him, went inside his mind and removed memories of their life together which he held dear. she who was the very last person he even wanted to see as he laid dying on the floor was the one who kept them apart for so long, suffering alone in order to protect him. had she died...he would have never known. and terrifying as that thought is, he finds himself grateful to be in her presence right now. it means she’s ok, that she’s alive --that’s all he could ever ask for.
hands search for hers, holding them tight like he’s a drowning man and she’s his lifeline to shore. he wants to tell her all the things he felt before he died --how he still loves her, that he fought for a better life for them and their future...that he went to bed every night for a year still yearning for her at his bedside. but she’s the one who steals the words from his lips, showcasing that vulnerability only he has ever seen from her.
❛ it’s the most important gift i have. ❜ he says, ruby gaze meeting hers. ❛ i’m bound to you, emma. and i know i hurt you before but that’s a mistake i’ll never make again. ❜
