Shattered Love

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eering wheel as if it might anchor him

low warm and welcoming, when she would fling it open with a

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her voice in the spaces between the rain. Could still feel her hand slipping into his, grounding him when the wor

hey let i

nesty, anger over vulnerability. He had been so afraid of failing her that he failed her anyway. And when she had sta

yes and stared

. I'm sorry was just the beginning. I was selfish. I

-thin now, compared to t

, stayed broken. That wa

ng hope - a small voice that whispered maybe. Maybe there was a way back

ild itself overnight. Hearts didn't forget how

me. Effort. Pain

g away the armor he had worn for so long, and le

if she would ev

he h

her th

himself

ears. For a moment, he simply sat there, feeling the fear curl tigh