Everything We Almost Said
drama◐ MatureTheo doesn't sit. He stays standing, hand on the back of the chair. "And then what?" he asks. "We stay tonight, and tomorrow we go back to almost? I can't keep doing almost with you, Mara. It's killing me a little." His voice cracks on the last word.
Mara takes a breath. "Okay. No more almost. I love you, Theo. There. I said it first, so now you can't run." He stares at her, then drops back into the booth like his legs gave out. "I was going to say it on the bus," he admits. "To the window. Like a coward."
What happens next?
1 ways forward"Then say it to me instead," she says. Theo reaches across and takes both her hands. "I love you. Have for ages." Outside, another bus rolls past, and for once neither of them even looks at it. The waitress quietly refills their cold coffee and lets them be.