QOTD: Favorite recurring character?
AOTD: Coach, Isaac, or Danny
"Theo, please don't," you tugged on his unrelenting arm as he made his way to the door. "I do love you!"
"No, you don't," he turned the knob and wiggled out of your grip. He looked like he wished he could say more. He looked like he wanted to be loved, and he looked like he wanted to love you. He opened his mouth as if he had something to say, and then closed it again. He had changed his mind like he had so many times before.
He lingered in the door for what felt like an eternity. He reached out to touch you one more time, gently holding your face in his hands. You wished he could tell by your touch that you loved him more than anything. You wished your eyes could tell him that he was wrong to break up with you; he thought you didn't love him, and he was wrong.
"I'm sorry," he said, tearing his hands away and slamming the door behind him.
You made an odd choking sound, like someone had a knife to your throat. You didn't know what to do. You hadn't been without Theo for so long. You had never felt so alone.
You let your wobbly legs take you to the ground, and you tried to cry. It felt appropriate, but no tears came out. You didn't know what to feel. There was so much bottled up inside of you. There was so much pain, and rage, and anger that it made you want to cry. It made you want to scream.
You screamed to no one, and you screamed for no one. No one but yourself, sitting on the floor by the door of your house. You screamed and screamed until the door knob turned.
Theo was quiet as he came in. He looked at you like he expected you to start screaming again, and you looked at him with hurt eyes like the silence was about to kill you.
Theo closed the door, and knelt down in front of you, taking both of your hands in his. "You do love me?" He croaked as a tear slid down the side of his face.
"I do," you answered quickly. "I really do."
He smiled his sad little smile, and leaned forward to kiss you. As if his touch had repaired everything that was wrong inside of you, you kissed him back, and it was so different than any other kiss you had shared. Because this time you loved each other.
