Love at First Fight

by Carrie Aarons

This was the kiss of a man who had waited for more than three hundred and sixty-five days to take this woman’s mouth. This was a kiss with all of the emotions and passion I’d been locking away inside my heart while she fell in love with my best friend. This was the kiss of a starving person, one who thought they’d never get this chance, and one who was pouring everything into it because he may never get this chance again.

you re-read your favorite novels because it transports you to a world, even for a few hours, where you don’t have to rely on only yourself for everything.

Anyone who has met the human who feels like the other half of their soul understands.

sensation runs through my chest, smooth and languid as a river. It’s one of absolute knowing, that this is the man I’ve waited for to say those words. Others have said them before, but it’s like the universe clicked into perfect view when Smith said them.