Breathe.
“This isn’t fair to me at all. You’re pushing me away because you think I can’t handle it.”
She opens her mouth to speak, but doesn’t say anything.
“Ames, look me in the eye, and tell me that this is what you want.”
Her voice shakes as she whispers, “I can’t, Leo, please don’t make this harder than it already is.”
“Then what you’re saying isn’t real until you look me in the eye right now.”
I thought she would give in to me, tell me that she wouldn’t leave.
Instead, she looked up.
“This isn’t fair to me at all. You’re pushing me away because you think I can’t handle it.”
She opens her mouth to speak, but doesn’t say anything.
“Ames, look me in the eye, and tell me that this is what you want.”
Her voice shakes as she whispers, “I can’t, Leo, please don’t make this harder than it already is.”
“Then what you’re saying isn’t real until you look me in the eye right now.”
I thought she would give in to me, tell me that she wouldn’t leave.
Instead, she looked up.