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Never ever apologise for who you love. UNKNOWN
“But, if I’m going to get my heart broken, I want you to leave one hell of a fucking scar behind.”
Knowing we were headed in this direction, I hoped to be his first, but now he’s voiced it? I’m slowly realizing, I don’t want to just be his first… I want to be his only.
Then he rests his open palm on my chest and bends to kiss where my heart is. “But this I love most of all. I love it because it’s mine. I want you, Elijah,” he rasps. “Your heart. Your soul. Your body. Your mind. I want it all.” “It’s yours,” I say, my voice thick with emotion. “I love you, Cole. It’s all yours.”
“How long am I going to love you for?” he whispers “Today. Tomorrow. Always.”
“My God,” Elijah points to his chest, “is compassionate. Merciful. And forgiving. My God,” he continues, his voice getting a little louder, “has an endless amount of grace. My God doesn’t tell his congregation to condemn the sinner. To banish them. My God says time and time again, he who is without sin may cast the first stone. You are not without sin. Yet you continue to cast stones at me. And I’m saying it’s enough.”
I know we are one in all the ways that matter. Mind, body, and soul, he’s mine and I am his. This life, with him, is it for me. No matter what we face, or where we go, it will always be the two of us.
