Caleb's POV

Home is where the heart is.

I realized it a long time ago. But I was so damn stupid to give up.

I tried so hard to bury my feelings. To be strong, brave. To leave it all behind to focus myself on something as big as a curse. And so, I chose to leave home. To leave the place where my heart was. And still is.

To leave Hanna.

She was and she still is my heart, my home, my family, my everything.

And now it's finally time to come back.

I broke that damn curse, I helped Miranda to pass away for good, I did everything that I had to do, and now I just want to come back home.

I want to have my life back. My life has been stolen since the first day that I had to stay in Ravenswood. Yeah, now it's all finished, for good, but I'm still paying the consequences. I can't sleep at night. I need pills. I have horrible nightmares. I see my parents, my brothers, Hanna. And they're all in danger. But I can't do anything to save them, or to help them. I just stay there, blocked, I can just watch them suffering. I can't do this anymore. I want my freaking life back. That's why I wanna come home.

I miss the simple myself, the teenager I used to be, I miss Rosewood, and most of all I miss the love of my life.

I miss Hanna. I fucking miss her.

There hasn't been a single moment I stopped thinking about her. Or loving her.

I'm sure that Hanna can save me. She can take me back to my life. She's the only one who can do it.

And now I'm here in Rosewood, standing in front of the door of her house. It's night, it's Christmas. I can hear her lovely voice from inside, probably talking and laughing with her mother. I'm not brave enough to knock on the door. I'm just here, thinking of what to do. But I have no answer. Can I come back in her life in this way? I mean, suddenly. After months. I really don't know. It's hard to imagine her reaction. But all I know is that I want and I need to see her gorgeous face, to hear her adorable voice, to smell her sweet scent, to touch her soft skin. I wanna hug her, kiss her, make love to her.

But maybe it's too late.

I had my chance, I lost it. I had the most beautiful girl in the word and I left her like a jerk. I don't deserve her, anymore. I can't just come back and have her back, ready to heal all my scars. I have to fight.

Fight is worth it, but I'm not well enough to fight. I think I can go crazy with my lack of sleep, with my nightmares, with all the stuff that came inside me from Ravenswood and its curse. I'm fucking weak now. I just need her. I insanely need her.

Yeah, maybe I can't have her anymore. But I have to try. I have to.

I take a deep breath and I knock on the door. I just did it. I'm trembling. I hear footsteps from inside and I freeze.

And then, the door opens.

And she's standing right in front of me.

Her eyes suddenly become dark and teary. Her mouth is half-opened. She doesn't move, she doesn't talk. She's just staring at me, and she's trembling too.

But, God, she's so beautiful. She's stunning. As always.

I swallow hard, trying to say something. But I can't. I'm totally stuck.

But I have to say or do something.

"Hi." I softly say, like it's the most normal thing in the world that I'm here at her house on Christmas night, after all that happened.

She's still staring at me, nervously chewing on her lower lip.

"Merry Christmas." I add, trying to make her more comfortable with the situation, but I think that it's not working.

She suddenly looks to the ground, still chewing on her lip.

"Merry Christmas to you, too." she finally whispers.

I wanna smile to her, I wanna say 'thanks', I wanna try to explain how I feel, why I'm back, maybe say that I love her, but before I can do anything, she slams the door on my face.

Yeah, maybe it's too late.

I already had my chance.

And I lost it.

Forever.

A/N: Okay, guys, this is my first story here. I love Haleb to the moon and back, and I can't wait to see how their reunion will be in the fifth season. I tried to imagine it, of course, and this is what could be. I wanted to make Caleb a bit hurted by all the Ravenswood's stuff, so I decided to present his character with some psychological problems, I mean, who is fighting with the death for weeks and then come back home like nothing happened, like it's all okay? He's so tired, he's been having nightmares and something like that. Yeah, I know, Hanna's reaction was a bit hard, but, c'mon, who can blame her? She's hurted too, a lot. But you all have to be patient, I have some ideas for this story. I know that this chap is way short, but it's just the first, don't worry, the others will be longer. Oh, and sorry if there are some mistakes, English is not my first language. But I'll try to make the whole story the most correct I can. And... Yes, this will be a multichap Haleb story, so... Enjoy and let me know what you think ;) -Atramea.