Morningside Cuesta it's time for a new beginning

Day tucked his nose into her fur and breathed in the earthy, flowery scent of her. She was so painfully near. Near enough that he could feel her heartbeat - faster than his, but slower than Adeline's. He couldn't help but think about how easy it would be to take everything back, to give himself over to this girl. To have a full family again. He couldn't help but think of hosw easy it would be to tell her what he sometimes thought, when there was no one around to see what dangerous things were going on inside his head.

I think I'm falling for you.

So kind, so joyful.

"I don't trust myself anymore," he said, his voice raw and hoarse. "I keep telling myself I'm not gonna touch you, but I just keep comin' back. I'm broken, 'kuti - " She had a different name, now, but he couldn't call her that, then. It seemed too impersonal, too strange. " - and I can't be who you want me to be. I'll end up hurting you if I try."

His heart thudded unevenly in his chest.

"But I - I'm done sayin' no to you. If that's what you want... I'll give it to you."

ba-dum tsss!