each other START//eleven.twenty-seven.zero :: 23:05 "Haven't you ever loved someone?" she asked me, head tilting, brown curls falling across her shoulder like a swirling waterfall. Somewhere in the distance, I felt a smile tug at my lips, my mind already far removed from where she sat and in its own dwelling. Where I could still feel his hands gently grazing mine in an intimate caress as he leaned over and breathed words of adoration into my being. 'I've never loved anything, anyone, else, as much as I love you.' 'You're romanticizing.' 'I'm not. You help me do things I wouldn't have the courage to do otherwise.' 'I give you courage?' 'More than that. You give me hope. You make the world make sense again.' As the flash dimmed, pulling itself farther from my eyes, I felt myself returning to where we presently sat. "No," I said, my voice shaking as I reached for my cup. "I haven't." 'I didn't love someone. We loved each other.' END// eleven.twenty-seve.zero :: 23:12 << [heart] >> scribble me your heart