「l u k e」:

    he shakes his head, as if attempting to rattle her words
     from his thoughts. wasn’t this supposed to be what couples
     ( or whatever they were ) do? unmask the bruises that lay
     beneath tarnished armor? luke is still unsure, he’s never
     gotten like this with anyone prior — it was all smiles, lust, and
     feelings that never quite fit.

         “ ‘s okay, baby. had to find out sometime. ”

      it doesn’t change anything between them, well, for luke, at 
      least. fingers curl around the dainty palm that lay atop his. 
      he pulls her hand to his lips, shuts his eyes, and kisses
      her skin. unanswered questions churn in the pit of his 
      stomach. what if she does it again?

           after a few silent seconds, luke murmurs into her skin. 

              “  —-y’ don’t gotta to apologize. ”

      she expected him to turn his back on her,
      to walk away and never turn back, call her pathetic &
      grow up, yet it brings her to a surprise it contradicts to
      what her beliefs were. lips so smooth & gentle; touching
      her skin with a peck; the sad smile cracks her lips. hard
      for to process the difference between now – and what
      she faced in her past.

                 a short pause; out of her processing state;
                 naomi softly alters her hand out of luke’s grasp – a step
                 to close in the last inches between them, palms meeting
                 both sides of his cheeks, thumbs brushing his stubble as
                 she leans up, pressing her lips against his pair.

      ❛ i love ye’ babe. ❜