The Break Up Series
Life after the breakup. An Addison character study.
Pairing: Addison/Mark (kind of)
Beta'd by seventhave, thanks.
Friendship
Mark and her had a weird kind of relationship, kind of friendship … kind of love. It was difficult to pinpoint exactly what they were. When she had first met Derek, all sunshine and smiles, Mark had been the best friend she had to put up with. When she and Derek had married, he'd been the best man. When Derek started ignoring her - starting seeing her yet not seeing her, acting like she was just another person on the street and not his wife - Mark had been a friend.Friendship, close friendship, turns so easily into something else.
She didn't remember a lot of what their affair was like, remembers vaguely sneaked kisses and gropes until that night … and less thought about that the better. What she did remember, in clear detail, were his words.
You're so beautiful.
You're an amazing woman.
I Love You.
There had been hundreds of words, and what made her fall for them wasn't that they were so kind but that they were so in love with her, Mark was so in love with her. A love she knew Derek would never be able to handle.
She loved Mark.
He was her best friend. She just really didn't know what friends were anymore. She figured they were where you went when you really needed help, needed something and she always went to Mark.
She couldn't say whether she regretted that or not.