When You Least Expect It

by Haley Cass

Hannah is so very much like a sunset – with all of the layers that make her who she is, every single one of them different and absolutely beautiful, but sometimes concealing what else is in the sky – Caroline can’t quite read all of the emotions under that vulnerability.

She’s never in her wildest dreams imagined getting a card for Father’s Day, but she does from Abbie the following day, and she puts it up proudly on her fridge.

Crying* she’s not the step father, she’s the father that stepped up 😭😤

“My girls,” Hannah repeats with a smile, shaking her head at them. “Did my girls come up with a cannoli consensus?” There’s an acute pain in her chest at the words, because Hannah just has no idea just how true her words are – just how hers Caroline is.

pining . i am doomed because GOD I LOVE PINING

The urgency in Hannah’s voice cuts through that. “God, baby, what happened? Who did this to you? Were you mugged? We need to call the police. No, we need to get you to a hospital, first. Hospital and then the police.” She strokes her fingers lightly over Caroline’s cheeks. “It’s going to be okay. You’re going to be okay.”

There’s so much more Caroline wants to say, so much more on her mind. Like that she’s in love with Hannah and wants everything with her and for her. That for the first time since developing these feelings, there is a hope blossoming inside of her that she knows can’t be curbed now.

always want to kiss you. No matter what you’re wearing.”