To Love & To Hold
"I've been fighting this for so long. Every morning when I hear you in the kitchen, or when you fall asleep on the couch, and I have to wake you... I've wanted to tell you how I feel."
A nurse passed by outside the curtain, the squeak of her shoes fading down the hallway.
"So tell me now," Ericka whispered. Her eyes met his, red-rimmed but steady.
Dominic took a deep breath. "I love you. Not as a roommate or a friend. I'm in love with you, Ericka. I have been for years. And it terrifies me because I've never felt this way about anyone."
He watched her face, searching for a reaction. The steady beeping of the heart monitor seemed to grow louder in the silence.
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