I smile wider, breathing with excitement and rapture, knowing he feels it aswell. He smiles too. That. Is. Everything. And for the first time, the mystery in his usually impassive gaze dissolves in a deep pool of sentiment, meeting my soul on an equal plane, no longer the enforcer. I see him a little raw. Hi, Clay. I feel like there is a single moment in time while holding eye contact with someone that can change a relationship forever. The moment has risen for us. We both are met with the choice to look away. It’s an itch in my throat, a shudder in my heart—it's time to look away, Fawn. It's
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