[ in a public venue, with reporters around, it's probably the worst thing she could ever do because someone's going to take a picture and people are going to pry but naomi doesn't care, greg knows -- has always known, and raleigh called it quits between them years ago ( right? )
she hugs him. face pressed to his chest because she feels like she's nineteen again and rushing to his bedside. ] Don't apologize, [ it's so hard to get the words out but she tries. it's hard, not because she hasn't forgiven him because she has, wasn't even angry when he left, because she'd understood how much his brother had been his whole world. but it's hard because she hadn't missed the flash or jarred surprise in his eyes, and she wishes she weren't so certain that she is wearing the clear cause of that.
she lools up at him then, a hand lifting and then falling back down on his chest because the familiar gestures of affection that hum beneath her skin aren't theirs now, not the way they used to be. ] You did what you had to do. You don't need to apologize for that.
[ I'm sorry, babe she wishes she could say, because while the ring on her finger is not a hardship to bear, she doesn't know what else she can do to fix the look there in his eyes.
( it doesn't feel like congratulations. it feels lile her wanting to cry. ) ]
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she hugs him. face pressed to his chest because she feels like she's nineteen again and rushing to his bedside. ] Don't apologize, [ it's so hard to get the words out but she tries. it's hard, not because she hasn't forgiven him because she has, wasn't even angry when he left, because she'd understood how much his brother had been his whole world. but it's hard because she hadn't missed the flash or jarred surprise in his eyes, and she wishes she weren't so certain that she is wearing the clear cause of that.
she lools up at him then, a hand lifting and then falling back down on his chest because the familiar gestures of affection that hum beneath her skin aren't theirs now, not the way they used to be. ] You did what you had to do. You don't need to apologize for that.
[ I'm sorry, babe she wishes she could say, because while the ring on her finger is not a hardship to bear, she doesn't know what else she can do to fix the look there in his eyes.
( it doesn't feel like congratulations. it feels lile her wanting to cry. ) ]