for @nghtdsires || continued from here || natalia & lena
she was just so perfect. rambling on, hair fluttering in the wind, that excited look in her eyes that always reminded lena of their highschool days, of the way natalia looked after english class, eager to explain things to her she never got. symbolism, meaning and the secrets of language. but now she understood it all. how people could say one thing and mean another, how a moment could feel like eternity, how she wanted the entire world to stop if it meant staying here with natalia.
"i missed you too. i feel like i miss you all the time. every time you fly back home, or i get on the jet, it's just - suddenly it's all so painfully lonely, you know?" the words poured out, too sincere, too fast. "sometimes i even miss you when you're lying next to me, asleep. my brain can't help but think of when you'll be leaving again." this time, the emotion threatened to spill, and lena focused on the feeling of natalia's cheek in her hand to push it back. "i'm sorry. i'm ruining the moment."