Erkenci Kuş: Broken Promises

Part 23: Can

Song: Ed Sheeran's Thinking out loud

When your legs don't work like they used to before
And I can't sweep you off of your feet
Will your mouth still remember the taste of my love
Will your eyes still smile from your cheeks

And darling I will be loving you 'til we're 70
And baby my heart could still fall as hard at 23
And I'm thinking 'bout how people fall in love in mysterious ways
Maybe just the touch of a hand
Oh me I fall in love with you every single day
And I just wanna tell you I am

So honey now
Take me into your loving arms
Kiss me under the light of a thousand stars
Place your head on my beating heart
I'm thinking out loud
Maybe we found love right where we are

When my hair's all but gone and my memory fades
And the crowds don't remember my name
When my hands don't play the strings the same way, mm
I know you will still love me the same

'Cause honey your soul can never grow old, it's evergreen
Baby your smile's forever in my mind and memory

I'm thinking 'bout how people fall in love in mysterious ways
Maybe it's all part of a plan
I'll just keep on making the same mistakes
Hoping that you'll understand

But baby now
Take me into your loving arms
Kiss me under the light of a thousand stars
Place your head on my beating heart
I'm thinking out loud
That maybe we found love right where we are, oh

So baby now
Take me into your loving arms
Kiss me under the light of a thousand stars
Oh darling, place your head on my beating heart
I'm thinking out loud
That maybe we found love right where we are

Oh baby, we found love right where we are (maybe)
And we found love right where we are

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Quiet after everyone had packed up and left in separate vehicles, the only sound in the campsite was the rustling of leaves and twigs beneath their feet. A soft breeze blew as the sun rose from behind the distant craggy mountains, casting a golden glow across the landscape.

It was peaceful, serene, tranquil, and it felt like they were the only two people left in the world.

As they packed up his truck in preparation to leave, Can couldn't help but feel drawn to Sanem. The way she looked, with her hair catching the light just right, made her seem almost ethereal. They'd met many months ago and dated for a few weeks, but he still felt like he was still getting to know her. She was like a puzzle he couldn't quite solve, and he loved it.

Finally, after months of being apart, he had her all to himself,. He'd been petrified he would never win her trust back and would spend the rest of his miserable life without her, but fortune had finally smiled on him. It took some persuading, but he'd managed to convince her to stay back as they made one last sweep of the campsite the next morning, before heading out. He wanted to make sure the site was just as they found it and that they would get their deposit back, and he needed an excuse to keep her close.

"Iyi misin, Sanem," Can asked. He was still on cloud nine from their reconciliation the day before and, desperate to keep her close, his heart pounded wildly as he watched her every movement. Taking a deep breath, he held on desperately as if his life depended on it, not allowing himself to lose a single second of this newfound joy, scared that if he blinked she would be gone forever. His gaze never wavered, trapping her within its blazing intensity.