⤿ koen + sully › @roguedblood .
steps right up to the solid wood of his front door, her fingers curling tightly to keep them from shaking. she couldn't just walk away and leave their conversation hanging in the quiet of the evening, not after the way he had been so remarkably brave, opening his entire heart up to her without a single shield. has spent the last hour pacing the sidewalk, her thoughts a tangled mess of hesitation and fear, until the sheer weight of what she feels for him finally pushed her up the steps. stands on the porch, her breathing shallow and uneven, waiting for the heavy click of the lock to break the silence between them.
the moment the door swings open and his silhouette appears in the warm frame of the entryway, all the rehearsed excuses completely abandon her. lifts her chin, finally finding the courage to meet his eyes directly without looking away. she had spent years building high walls, treating her affection like a secret hazard because loving someone carries the terrifying risk of being left completely broken in the end. she was so afraid of getting hurt, so guarded against the vulnerability of letting another person inside her quiet world, but staring at his face now, the resistance simply thins out into nothing. if love is a dangerous gamble where the odds are never in your favor, she decides right here that he is the only one worth losing everything for. everything to. “ i love you too, ” confesses softly, the words tumbling out in a sweet, breathless rush before she can let her usual panic talk her out. steps right across the threshold, closing the narrow distance between their frames until she can feel the familiar heat radiating from him. “ i don’t want you to go. i don’t want to be without you. ”










