A/N: Hey guys! Back (on time) with another one. Hope you like it!
He loves her.
Every day they talk, and it brings a smile to his face. He's there when she needs him and even when she claims she doesn't. He makes her laugh and smile and she leans on his shoulder and talks about the things that are getting to her.
And he listens and does what he can, and he always leaves her feeling better. She tells him he's the best and how did she ever live without him.
He supports, cares, gives...loves.
Her smile brightens his day, and her jokes never fail to make him chuckle. Her pout is adorable even if she's mad and the way she cares is fierce.
He loves her.
So, he holds back the scowl when she introduces him and bites back the hurt that's making it's way into his chest. She glows when she talks about him and he tries his hardest to keep calm. He feels like he might cry. Just a little.
He loves her. In secret.
He's civil and polite and he holds back from all the things he wants to say and do because he has to respect her decision. He's there when she's upset over something he did and checks his anger at his treatment of her.
He loves her in secret, but it still makes a sound.
In the way he stares at her when no one else is looking, or the way he sticks by her side when she's happy and holds her hair when she's drunk, it makes the loudest noise he's ever heard.
And everyone but her can feel the ringing. Even him.
They get into a fight about something or the other and she's calling him crying because they've broken up and she doesn't say why but he's keeping a secret so why can't she.
He loves her and it's a weight he carries around, a fever he keeps feeding daily.
Even when she finds the next guy in her English 200 class and starts to rave about him. Even when that ends before it really started and she's on a dating app now because she's just "had bad luck."
He loves her in a secret that screams so loud it's a miracle she doesn't see it or hear it.
She asks him what's wrong, because despite it all she cares about him, she swears vengeance on whoever has hurt him and gives him the space to say what he needs to.
He doesn't say anything at first. So, she sits down beside him and waits patiently, stills what she's doing to listen.
It's silent.
Maybe now she'll hear it.
Maybe in the silence she'll hear the secret that rings so loud.
A/N:
And maybe she'll speak her own.
And just maybe…she loves him.
So what did you think? I wanted to end the fic there but also had those last two lines written and wasn't sure if I should leave them in. So I compromised (by adding it into the authors note) because adding them leads to a more hopeful ending but I kind of like the idea of leaving it off on the brink of going either way.
As always it's up to you to interpret it whatever what you want, if it had a happy ending or not.
Please Review! I'd love to hear your thoughts and interpretations!
And as always, thanks for reading!
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