tomorrow, n.
definition: the day following the current day.
rating: K
She was good at lying. She was a spy; it was her job to lie. But the hardest thing for her to lie about was the fact that she loved him, because she wanted to tell him how she felt, but she was too afraid. Tomorrow, she always promised herself. I'll tell him then. But she never could, and it was getting harder and harder to pretend each day that he was only a friend to her, nothing more.
It wasn't just one thing or a few things about him that she was in love with – it was everything. The way his eyes crinkled at the corners when he smiled, the crease between his brows when he frowned. His obsession with dogs, archery and coffee. His laugh. How he loved to tickle her when they sparred because he knew he was the only knew who could get away with it. That he was always ready to listen when she needed someone to talk to.
And she wasn't blind; she was aware that he held feelings for her, too. His love for her was evident in the way his face lit up when she smiled, and how his eyes always seemed to gravitate to her whenever she was in a room. How he watched her back during missions even when the fighting was thickest. His over-protectiveness of her. His concern and gentleness when she woke up sweating in the middle of the night, tears streaming down her cheeks and her throat hoarse from crying out, because she still had bad dreams. The look in his eyes whenever he told her he loved her. She was almost ready to say it back to him.
Maybe tomorrow.