When I finished, I saw his eyes fill, and in that moment, I understood something clearly… I wasn’t the one slipping away in this relationship.
We drove back in silence, but it felt different.
The house looked the same when we arrived. But I didn’t.
The drawer was still open. The other letters still there.
I picked one up and sat across from Nathan.
He watched me for a long moment, as if choosing something he had never chosen before. Then he stepped closer—not too close, just enough.
“I don’t want to lose you, Mattie,” he said softly, “but I finally understand that I’ve been losing you already by loving you like you were about to go.”
I didn’t move.
“I don’t need more time with you,” he continued. “I need to stop wasting the time I have. I can’t promise I won’t be afraid. But I can promise I won’t turn that fear into a future you’re forced to live in. I want to be here with you… while you’re here with me. Not ahead of it. Not after it. Just here.”
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