Lies They Tell You

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I meant it, Lea, he said quietly, his voice low and strange as I felt his fingers touch my face, tracing the line of my lips gently as my eyes sighed shut. Let’s never go back. Let’s live this way forever. I could do it. I could.
With you I could.
I’ll go, I thought, so tired I wasn’t actually sure if I was saying it out loud. I’ll follow you. Anywhere, anywhere. I felt him press his lips against the side of my head, blinking slightly as a square of daylight slid across my face and tumbled lower as his voice weaved its way into my dreams-gently, quietly-changing them forever.