Our blank space...

There is nothing on earth more beautiful to him than your smile, no sound sweeter than your laughter, no pleasure greater than holding you in his arms. He realized today that he could never live without you, stubborn little hellion that you are. In this life and the next, you’re his only hope of happiness. Tell him, dearest love, how did you reach so far inside his heart?

I love you, I thought, as I looked into your eyes. I love every part of you, every thought and word - the entire complex, fascinating bundle of all the things you are. I want you with ten different kinds of need at once. I love all the seasons of you, the way you are now, the thought of how much more beautiful you'll be in the decades to come. I love you for being the answer to every question my heart could ask. And while it took me all this time to realise, now that I've capitulated, it seems as the easiest thing in the world. It feels natural and right. Though I'm still not certain if I am surrendering to you or to my own passion, only that there is no more holding back. I am taking you for myself, and I would give you everything I have, every part of my soul, even the broken pieces I never thought I would reclaim.