Glance
He can't
meet her eye anymore because after all these years she's more out of reach than
ever.
She's still the same, the girl whose smile warms his heart. But these
days his heart is much too cold to be warmed.
These days she belongs to him, to
the one he owes his life.
He came so
close just that once – the closest he's even been to her, the closest he'll
ever get.
Before he refrained from letting himself near her – because he didn't
want to hurt her, because she deserved better – but now she's off limits.
Part of him
realizes he should be happy for her, for this is what she's always wanted.
But
he can't be happy. He can't laugh for her. He can't smile back at her. He can't
not want her…
But like everything else he's loved, she's gone.
Always…
Gone
She doesn't
understand that he's distanced himself for her sake – she keeps trying to make
it like old times.
When he won't look at her she thinks it's because she's done
something wrong – that it's her fault. It's not… It never was.
No matter
how he looks at it he can't bring himself to ignore that fact – to ignore that she's
his Lover.
Yet he keeps protecting her because she's precious, even when he
shouldn't find her that.
If he could, he'd forget it all. But then he'd likely fall for her again.
A sidelong glance is all it takes to remind him why he loves her…
In his eyes she is the embodiment of purity…