The Cross Family
You don’t need saving, you’re already standing,
I just choose the same direction you do,
If the night gets heavy, lean if you need to,
I won’t ask you to be smaller to fit next to you.
Her eyes burned.
This wasn’t a love song in the way people expected them—no grand declarations, no promises of rescue. There was no pedestal in it. No savior narrative.
It was a song about companionship.
About walking.
About staying.
Jayla swallowed hard and glanced toward the speaker like it might look back at her.
The title flashed briefly on the screen:
“Beside You” — Cameron Cross
Her knees felt weak.
She handed off the drink she’d been making without remembering finishing it, then stepped back, bracing he