eyes flicker down to the hand that falls on his bicep, and even though he’s wearing a coat and a thin sweater underneath; he can still feel the heat of her touch there. it’s ridiculous how even after all this time, even after falling for someone new mason is still head over heels for a woman who demolished his heart. time travel or not, jenny still did and said some of the most malicious things to him. broke up a friendship that had been going eighteen years strong. yet, when he looks at her now, sitting on this bench on a bridge overlooking the picturesque scene of new york city; he can’t help but forget about all those things. it all melts away and leaves mason in a puddle of his own conflicted emotions. it shouldn’t be this difficult to straighten his feelings out. does he really love and wish to be wed to wendy if he’s sitting here with the first love of his life, possibly ready to risk it all for her? and what happens if somehow she manages to figure out a solution for this time dilemma and the jenny who inhabited this life returns and ices him out again? it’s all so, so complicated and that’s why he’s finding it so hard to think about anything that isn’t her.
he is, however, really glad to hear that she’s handling thirty year old jenny’s life well. didn’t expect anything less from his former best friend, since she’s always been a resilient and clever person. two of the many traits he’s always admired about her. “ i’m glad you’re doing good, jenny. i really am. ” manages to flash her a sincere, warm smile. a longing gaze is shared before his eyes are on the river again and he lets out a defeated sigh. “ unfortunately, no. my search history is kind of bizarre now thanks to you. ” smile turns into a playful smirk as he says this, “ would you want to go back, though? ” conversation loses it’s playfulness, but just slightly, as he asks this. “ you’ve made quite a life for yourself. i can’t imagine you’d want to start all over… ” pang of anxiousness hits him right in the gut, thinking of how if she is able to go ‘ fix ’ this; she’d be going back to the night of her eighteenth birthday. / @smokedfires › continued.