My heart slammed against my ribs as the voice that entered my house sounded familiar. "El, honey, Lucas is here to see you." Hopper shouts from downstairs but I attempt no answer.
I didn't move from my bed, I continued to lay there as I heard he steps grow quicker and louder until they finally stopped all at once. I turned my head from my pillow to see Lucas leaning against the doorframe.
Lucas closed his eyes and blew out a long, frustrated breath before opening them again. He stared at me for a long moment, both of us unwilling to make the first move just yet. Tears welled in my eyes and blurred my vision that this time I tore my eyes away from him.
I felt the corner of my bed tip and from the corner of my eye I see him playing with the edge of my pink blanket. He finally spoke, his voice full of sadness but most of all concern for me. "How are you?"
The corners of my lips twitched abruptly, then without so much as a thought, I laughed. It was raw, the sound both making us wince as it continued to grow until finally I could usher few words out.
"How do I look?" I whispered.
Lucas grew silent, his gaze softening as he looked from the blanket to me. "Almost as dead as I feel."
I barely caught his whisper as I rubbed the tiredness from my eyes. I begin pulling the blankets off me swiftly before crawling over to him. The silence grew but in that moment of time, I had never felt so calm and content. I placed my head against his shoulder and blew out a shuddering breath that I didn't notice I had been holding in for so long.
"But, at least we both know what it feel's like to lose someone you love." Lucas murmurs achingly, I could feel his body shaking that I wrap my arms around him. Not knowing what else to say, I nod into his shoulder as we stare outside my bedroom window.
Our presence was all we had left to give to eachother.
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