“I’m here.”
“With me,” she said, the emphasis clear, feeling her heart beating hard in her chest, how it expanded to include this boy/man, every man, everything, from the inside out. “This, Brian… this is what we’re alive for.”
“You were right.” He lifted his head, his eyes no longer searching. “I’ll never be the same.”
She pulled him close and held on. “I know.”
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