ALMOST PERFECT
He laughed then, a low, rich sound that vibrated in her chest.
He walked down the steps, holding a large black umbrella over both of them. They stood there, inches apart, the space between them crackling with the unsaid. Rainwater dripped from his hair onto his collarbone, tracing a path down his neck. She could smell the clean, masculine scent of his soap mixed with the petrichor rising from the earth.
“Why do you fight this so hard, Lisa?” he asked, his voice barely a whisper now, his slate-grey eyes searching hers.
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