I raised him up from perdition, and then I fell and fell and fell in love. Fell and fell into those impossibly green eyes.
I had never felt that I deserved him. The pain of that thought seared through me. And yet, I let him see the darkness in my heart, even knowing he would never want to be with me again. I lost myself in the darkness, stumbling blindly to find a way out, or some star to guide me. In its place, I found him in that darkness too. So we leaned on one another, in the shadow of each other's hearts.
There was no light in my life but him. No warmth but his flesh. No love but his heart. No kindness but in his eyes. No softness but in his voice. Nothing – No one – but him.
And that was all I needed.