MINE TO BULLY
I reached down instinctively, brushing my fingers against his jaw, needing physical contact even as he continued, needing to ground both of us in the reality of this moment neither of us had ever dared imagine possible during those darkest years apart.
Every version I practiced felt inadequate the moment I actually stood here tonight, he continued, voice thick with emotion. Because loving you isn't something words can properly measure. It's choosing you every single day, through every crisis, every doubt, every moment either of us could have walked away but didn't.
I don't want words that measure it perfectly, I said softly, my own voice unsteady now. I just want you. However imperfectly you