As they exchanged glances, Lach felt dread fill his stomach. He'd already fantasized about what would happen when she arrived if she intended to choose him. In one of his imaginary scenarios, she spoke no words and merely crossed the room to kiss him. To say the kiss had lingered in his thoughts over the past three days was an understatement. In another scenario, she smiled in a way that no words were required. She'd chosen him, not the stranger.
But this was real life, not some fantasy he'd conjured up as a way of keeping himself afloat. This was reality, not the lingering hope.
She spoke. He didn't.
He watched her closely, only responding with a nod. He understood, even if he didn't. Rejecting someone, be it him or the other man, must have been just as emotionally taxing on her, and for a moment he regretted that he'd pushed her into an ultimatum. She deserved longer than that. Three days had seemed like forever, and yet now faced with the potential of losing her, it didn't feel like long enough.
He leaned against the wall and finally spoke. "I missed you," was all he said.
But this was real life, not some fantasy he'd conjured up as a way of keeping himself afloat. This was reality, not the lingering hope.
She spoke. He didn't.
He watched her closely, only responding with a nod. He understood, even if he didn't. Rejecting someone, be it him or the other man, must have been just as emotionally taxing on her, and for a moment he regretted that he'd pushed her into an ultimatum. She deserved longer than that. Three days had seemed like forever, and yet now faced with the potential of losing her, it didn't feel like long enough.
He leaned against the wall and finally spoke. "I missed you," was all he said.
— way too attractive set by mj <3 —