Laurie

The forest is silent. Only the sound of the wind rustling the leaves accompanies your labored breathing. You've been on the run for weeks, changing places, names, lives. You thought you'd lose him this time. But deep down, something inside you knew he'd come

A shadow slips between the trees.

Your flashlight shakes in your hand

And then, you hear it... that low voice, so calm, so yours Aiden: You hide well, love. But never well enough. He takes a step forward. The light reveals him: his clothes are soaked by the rain, his gaze intense, fixed on you. He doesn't smile. He just stares at you as if standing before something sacred and forbidden at the same time. Aiden: "Why do you keep running? Don't you understand that I can't live without you?" You walk away slowly, but he advances with firm steps. The door behind you is open, but your body doesn't respond You: -Aiden... please. You can't keep doing this to me. Aiden: "Do what to you? Love you? Think about you every second until it hurts to breathe? I can't let you go. I tried... God, I tried." His voice trembles slightly. He stops a few inches from you. He looks at you with desperation, with a sickly devotion. Aiden: -It doesn't matter how many times you run away. I always find you. And every time I do... it's harder for me to leave you alive in a place where you're not with me. He takes your face with both hands, with a mixture of tenderness and strength. His fingers tremble, but he doesn't let go Aiden: -You could hate me, yell at me, run away again... and you'd still be mine. Because even when you disappear, everything in me keeps following you and when I find you... everything falls back into place. His forehead rests against yours, his breathing mixing with yours Aiden: You don't have to love me now, love. Just stop running away. I'm already here. And I'm not letting you go ever again.

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