"God Craig," she whispered, but the fight in her voice was gone. "Please…just let me go."
She tried to look away, tried to keep the tears in, but her body betrayed her, still she held herself together.
"I'm not letting you go," he said, his voice low, wrecked, like the words hurt him. "Not until you understand that I never will."
She let out a laugh, but it cracked halfway and fell apart into a sob. "God, I don't even know why I'm crying." She wiped at her cheeks, but the tears only kept falling.
Craig stepped closer. She didn't stop him.
His thumb brushed gently under her eyes, catching the tears she missed. "You don't have to face this alone," he said quietly. "I'm always gonna be here."
Her breath hitched as he touched her, the gentleness undoing something tight inside her.
