Author's Note: Oh, I swore I'd try and make these not about the other ships, but for some reason this one just had to be this.
I've had a bad week, so I'm just now starting to pick up the pieces and update again. Sorry for the delay.
We'll Figure It Out
"We've been here before," Nancy said, putting her hand on Frank's chest and holding him back as he started to kiss her. He winced, but before he could pull away, she shook her head. "And we can't keep doing this. We know that. We knew it even before it got this far."
Frank nodded. "We said we loved them. That it wasn't going to be more, that we were going back to them—"
"And yet here we are. Again."
"I keep thinking—if maybe they—" Frank broke off and turned away. "It's wrong to say that if they really mattered to us, we wouldn't be here. It's not—"
"It might be true, though," Nancy said, guilt twisting in her stomach. "If I loved Ned as much as I said I did, then I wouldn't do this. I wouldn't hurt him... and I wouldn't want you."
"And if my love for Callie was enough, I wouldn't be here, either."
"So... what do we do?"
"We stop lying to them. To ourselves. We accept that these feelings we have aren't going away. Maybe we have to... let them run their course. Denying them hasn't fixed anything. So we have to admit to them, end the other relationships... and figure us out."
Nancy grimaced. "But Frank—"
"It's wrong to hurt them. And we are being unfaithful to them, even if it's not acted on physically. Maybe it was just a kiss before, but the feelings... they go deeper, and they're almost a greater betrayal than those kisses. So... we have to do this. We have to do the right thing, and that is not burying it. We can't do this again."
She nodded. "I don't know how to tell him."
"I don't know what to say, either, but we will figure it out. We have to. Even if you and I never go past this moment right here, we can't keep hurting them by not being what they deserve," Frank said, and Nancy nodded, hoping that this time they'd get it right.