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Summary: Ars Amatoria's Ranger Romance Theme challenge; 11. Dependence.

Dependence

It's scary when you suddenly realise you can't live without someone. The felling is overwhelming and to admit you depend so much on someone after years of independence, needing nothing and no one, it's hard to give up control.

I know how hard it is, I've been there. I thought to stay in control, to keep my independence. It was a losing battle, but I didn't give up.

It was stupid and I almost lost the one person that meant most to me.

Losing her again, or rather, almost losing her again. It was frightening even scarier than the realisation how much she means to me. It opened my eyes and suddenly giving up control.

I'll never forget that day, one off the few back then we truly spend alone together. That night turned out even more special as I found out just how easy giving up control really was or how easy the rest of the world could be forgotten.

That night we made love for the first time.

Now she lives with me, sleeps in my arms every night and wears a ring around her finger to show she's taken, promised to spend her life with someone, or more specifically; me. Hopefully it'll be soon I wear a ring identical to hers, promising each other forever, giving up the last bit of control and showing everyone else we depend on each other to live.

I've found depending on her isn't as bad as I thought and maybe someday soon, there'll be someone depending on us both. Though the concept scares me deeply, I find myself looking forward to the day she tells me I'll be a daddy, but for now, we'll just depend on each other to make it through another day.

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