“My sweet little flower,” I whisper, reaching up to cup her cheek. “You’re one of the strongest people I know. But just because you’re capable of taking care of yourself doesn’t mean you have to. You’ve been living your entire life for others; giving everything you are, and then what’s left after that, as well. You deserve to be taken care of, too.” A tear cuts a line down her cheek, and I swipe it away before crushing my mouth to hers. The kiss takes all the breath from my lungs, and it’s all I can do not to lose myself in her. I know the second I do, nothing of me will be left. She’ll
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