Touched FicMix-Gabe/Leah; Before It Breaks
Pink-I Don’t Believe You
I don’t believe you when you say you don’t need me anymore
So, don’t pretend to not love me at all
"They might know your history and every secret that you ever had." I told him, my hand on his chest, right above his heart. It beat strong and steady. "They might know every move you would ever make and know how you would think in every situation." I lifted my eyes to his. "But I know who you are."
He leaned forward, his shoulder curved to me and for a moment-looking into his eyes-I could almost believe that we were alone.
"And who am I?" He whispered and the smell of spices and alcohol wisped against my face. Strobe lights flashed in his eyes and his too serious expression gave weight to his casually asked question. He leaned himself closer until our lips were almost touching and I knew he was invading my personal space on purpose, trying to get me to move back, to go away. But despite the mocking glint in his eyes, despite the way he was looking down his nose at me, his fingers curled against my hip, holding me in place. I wondered whether he knew what his hands were doing. Suffice to say, he was conflicted. I knew how he felt.
I kept my hand on his heart and my eyes on his even when the eye contact felt too much. Too intimate. Too familiar. "You’re the boy who grew up with me; the boy who always gave me his last cookie, who kept me company after my nightmares and held my hand until I was asleep. The boy who couldn’t help but feel for other people and couldn’t refuse a stray. The boy who is all that? That is who you are and that’s who you'll always be no matter how much you try to deny that side of you." My fingers gripped his lapel and pulled him even closer until my lips touched his. I let myself kiss him, rubbing my mouth against his from one corner to the other. He went stone still against me but his fingers dug onto the flesh of my hip hard enough to bruise and his chest pressed against mine as he shuddered.
I pulled back and for a second he leaned forward, following my lips but managed to stop himself. I stared into his eyes, marveled at how different they had look a few seconds ago; not so bright, not so empty. "I know who you are, Gabe. I know you."
The Fray-Say When
Say when and my own two hands will comfort you tonight, tonight
Say when and my own two arms will carry you tonight, tonight
"You’ll only find true peace with me." I watched as the realization passed over her expression. Several indefinable emotions came and went in a space of heartbeats. "When you’re in need of it you know where to find me."
TOUCHED© D.F. Jules