Drabble #7: What Is Love
"What is love? Lady, don't hurt me…" – Haddaway
He wasn't a man to easily give his heart – it had been broken and bruised in past encounters and now he guarded it fiercely, building a wall around the whole of his emotions and fortifying it with whatever reserves he had within himself.
He told himself that emotions complicated things, changed his life, his focus, and kept him from the true purpose of what he wanted with his life.
But that wasn't entirely true. A part of him recognized that he was running scared.
So, he gave her three reasons, knowing that she wouldn't let stand them in her way.