Bowie POVMy eyes shot open.The water was still falling around us, steam curling through the air, and Wesley was looking at me like he had just handed me the most fragile part of himself."Wesley." His name came out barely a whisper."I love you, Bowie." He said it again, stronger this time, like a weight had been lifted off his chest. “I have been trying to say it for weeks. I couldn't… I didn't know how. But I love you. I'm in love with you."The words hit me like a wave. I stood there, water streaming down my face, mixing with the tears I didn't realize were already falling."I was scared," he continued, his voice rough and raw. "Scared of saying it too soon, scared of pushing you away, scared that if I said it out loud, something would mess it up.”“But your dad… he told me that the things we don't say, they eat at us. They turn into regrets. And I don't want to regret not telling you how I feel."He reached up and wiped a tear from my cheek, his thumb lingering on my skin."I
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