[Still not long enough. Still longer than he deserves. His grip tightens a little, reflexively, as if he can keep them together in the face of... Well, of nothing, since it's not yet. He's always known he was on borrowed time.]
[He kisses her, and he barely pulls away after, huffing a little almost-laugh against her cheek. Not that it's funny, it's just incredible. Impossible that anyone should feel like that about him. Least of all that Eden should.]
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[Still not long enough. Still longer than he deserves. His grip tightens a little, reflexively, as if he can keep them together in the face of... Well, of nothing, since it's not yet. He's always known he was on borrowed time.]
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You're the best thing in me life, you know that?
[And she kisses him, on the mouth, on the cheek]
The best thing I've ever had.
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I never deserved anything as good as you.
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Frankie, you have to stop thinking like that.
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[There's a twitch at the corner of his mouth as he looks for words.]
You make me better than I could've been. You're everything, half the time it's like you don't even know it, but you are.
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[She holds his hands, presses her face against his shoulder]
I'd never be who I am without you.
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[He runs his fingers through her hair idly.]
Just couldn't stand the idea of you not knowing.
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I know.
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