HEART ACHES ; ALL THE HEALING POWER IN THE WORLD wasn’t enough to mend the ugly scars & wounds littering throughout their lives ( their families, their houses, the losses they’d experienced ) the ones on the horizon that she shut her eyes on when she was with him. With each step that he pushes her away, it’s another step further taken from the DARKNESS, & she allows her steps to blindly follow his lead, the corner of her lips twitching at his words, at this ( at them. ) She’s about to ask him if he had anyone specific in mind she could test the whole healing thing with, maybe show him just what he was suggesting she do for others ( make him REGRET it ), perfect her technique but he pulls back. She stays there that way — in his arms, eyes still shut, willing ragged breaths to even. Soft exhale leaves her lips when his head rests against hers, eyes slowly fluttering open & meeting his. That same breath catches in her throat at his words. She’s drowning ( in so many things she wants to say, in the promises she wishes to press against his lips so he can taste the truth to them, in the way her heart is beating even faster than before, in how DARK his eyes are, in this — in them ) but she’s also soaring & it’s a paradox she doesn’t want to understand. She wraps her arms around his neck ( not using her scarf that he’s still sporting, she wants to be as close as she can ) her lips meeting his — & it’s DIFFERENT this time, it’s heated like before, but it isn’t fire meeting gasoline but something longer lasting, lingering, molten fire. It’s not URGENT so much as important, it’s not her trying to fit as much as she can in what little time they always have. She pulls back, but doesn’t look at him, instead burying her head in his chest as arms wrap around his frame. Then don’t let them. ❛ Good. Me either. ❜ Words so muffled, she’s not even sure he can hear.