"Time moves slow
But it's you who brought me here
You, through all these years"
Slow - Grouplove
"..I'm all in," she declares fiercely, the woman he loved.
He searches her face for a crack - a slight hesitation, some flicker of fear in her eyes, a small frown, maybe? He looks for the face he has been seeing for two years. When he doesn't find it, he discovers he's the one who's cracking.
She keeps her eyes on his and doesn't waver.
And maybe, just maybe, her resolve will be enough for both of them.
He gives in slowly, a few chips at a time.
But it never takes very long for her to make him brave.
Five hours later, he allows himself to fall.