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Post by Nina Fortner on Feb 19, 2018 0:41:52 GMT -5
"I just wish-" Her voice broke. Stupid. " - He's never going to love me, though, is he-"
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Post by Dr. Connors on Feb 19, 2018 0:53:01 GMT -5
"He's a fool if he doesn't."
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Post by Nina Fortner on Feb 19, 2018 0:54:01 GMT -5
"The fool is me. Do you want to know the truth, Curt-"
She was breaking down, like an abandoned piece of machinery, falling apart piece by piece.
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Post by Dr. Connors on Feb 19, 2018 0:55:00 GMT -5
"At this point you can tell me anything."
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Post by Nina Fortner on Feb 19, 2018 0:56:03 GMT -5
"I do wish he hadn't come back. I didn't want to get on his boat or forgive him. I can't stop myself. I just want him so much -"
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Post by Dr. Connors on Feb 19, 2018 12:32:21 GMT -5
"And you're going to go back for him." This was simply a fact. "I can't be angry with you for falling in love."
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Post by Nina Fortner on Feb 19, 2018 16:20:37 GMT -5
"You make it all sound so innocent," she said, burying her face in his chest so that her words came out muffled at the end. "Oh, Curt. I wish I had met you first."
She regretted it the moment it came out and pulled back from him, flushing. "That isn't - I'm so sorry, that was so presumptuous- I didn't mean it like that."
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Post by Dr. Connors on Feb 19, 2018 19:22:33 GMT -5
"I'd still have made a pretty poor showing, I'm afraid." Unless her beau happened to be missing both legs below the knee. Curt patted her back, high between the shoulder blades.
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Post by Nina Fortner on Feb 19, 2018 19:31:34 GMT -5
Nina understood this as Curt saying his feelings would still be more on the lukewarm end of the equation, and the perfunctory back-pat punctuated this with perfect clarity.
"It's all right," she said, slowly pulling back, shaking her head as though to clear it. "You don't need to protect my feelings."
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Post by Dr. Connors on Feb 19, 2018 20:49:35 GMT -5
"I haven't done a very good job of that. I've been too busy protecting my own. Do you still want my company?"
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Post by Nina Fortner on Feb 19, 2018 20:50:37 GMT -5
"Now, or in general?" she asked, but realizing how it sounded, followed up promptly with, "Yes. I only worry you can't forgive me."
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Post by Dr. Connors on Feb 19, 2018 21:07:32 GMT -5
"Now, and-- in the future." Curt smiled painfully.
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Post by Nina Fortner on Feb 19, 2018 21:11:11 GMT -5
"Of course I do," she said, sounding a little properly ashamed, but also fierce - let me prove it! Her arms tightened around his waist almost imperceptibly. "Tell me, do you want me to want it?"
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Post by Dr. Connors on Feb 19, 2018 21:14:01 GMT -5
"Yes, I do." Was that imposing on her? Was that too far? "I can't be angry with you for things you can't help."
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Post by Nina Fortner on Feb 19, 2018 21:24:54 GMT -5
"I don't know why you say that, since I do want your company," she said, pressing her cheek against his collarbone again. "I'm only sorry I've rushed things between us and made such a mess of it all..."
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