Before We Broke

Didn't Sa

ad - the spotlight, the way his fingers laced with mine, the w

11 p.m. when m

th

ll a

t even

ely.

dn't

My brain wo

moment bef

nking about

tared at the screen,

I finally

u something ki

k like this - not directly. Our messages were usually playful, nerdy, sarc

cour

e to type. Then

me onto the floor... I had this th

ind of

uddenly freezin

he song ended. Just... taking y

ere

to ask. Almost. Bu

he old one behind t

the

iet. And no one

ve happened if w

appeared. Stopped again. My he

I've been wanting to for weeks. Slow at first. Just lips. The

typed, my fin

Over your arms. Your waist.

hony

s blushing or burning

Not just like that. But like... in the way wh

s was real. We were standing on the edge of som

ped what I'd been holdi

Like, reall

d. "I like you t

ent. No grand announcement. But rig

fficially

erent. His hand brushed against mine in the hall

ess who?" routine. He just leaned in close and

ng it agai

Looks bett

efore we did. There was something unspoken betwe

ur hands were intertwined the whole way - like it had always been th

, he texte

nking about

hy

ssed them yet. And I

's stopp

tel

so hard

stopping

eling like my heart had final

message had burned itself into my skin - it was the way he sa

life, I felt wanted. Not ju

ted. Co

th

nged eve