Fragile
It was why he had never kissed her.
She had always thought it was because he was waiting for her, and because she was always too scared to make the first move.
But now she knew.
It was because he didn't want to break her when he had to leave.
But it was too late for that precaution.
He had essentially broken her heart when he told her he loved her that first time.
Now she was seventeen years old and in love with a boy that she could never be with.
And it destroyed her from the inside out.