centeriu6 Months Ago/u/i/center

"Please put me down, it's ijust/i a sprained ankle." Laura grumbled as she was carried into the apartment.

"iJust/i a sprained ankle? Why Dr. Hollis, you just blow me away with all of this medical jargon." You teased, carrying her over to the couch.

"I'll show you jargon." Laura bit out, rolling her eyes when you took her heels off for her, causing her to melt when you kissed each of her ankles afterwards.

"I love you." You whispered to her, lips skimming higher up her leg.

Laura's breath hitched as you pushed her back onto the couch, her skirt inching up towards her waist. "I love you too."

centeriuPresent Time/u/i/center

You gave her five minutes to cool down before entering what you could only assume was the room you had shared with her. Laura was a lump beneath the comforter. You smiled lightly, moving to climb into bed beside her.

"What are you doing?"

You shifted around to get comfortable, "You're really gonna make your wife sleep on the couch?" You were nothing but teasing to make light of the situation, something that you were starting to think would be a lot harder to do than you had anticipated.

"You're not my wife," Laura whispered, "You just look like her." Her back was faced towards you, but you knew the sound of tears in someone's voice better than most.

Rolling onto your back, you stared at the ceiling, something cracking open in your chest. You didn't know your wife anymore, but you were starting to understand why you had loved her. She was nothing like Ell. She was smart, she was beautiful, and she was a doctor for crying out loud! And somehow she loved you. She proposed to you. She was clearly hurt because you forgot everything about her, about the relationship you shared. She was hurting because she remembered and you were frustrated because you couldn't. It was the definition of messy, but you had hope that you could fix it. If you couldn't remember that you loved her, you could fall for her again, and with that, make her fall for you. It would just take some time and a whole lot of patience.