[Was this all right... was what all right? This? Them? The feeling of Reign's breath against his lips, the sound of his heart racing in his chest? The cool feeling of Reign's hand against his own?]
Reign...
[The next words that leave Shell's lips are words Shell never intended to say to Reign.]
[Words that were ultimately true, easily pieced together-- but surrounded by circumstances far more complicated, that made pointing out such a thing almost cruel.]
...you know I wasn't the one who broke our engagement.
[Shell had said yes. Shell had wanted to say yes. And maybe if he had never met One, things might have ended up different between them. Painful in a different way, no doubt -- he was still an abnormal, after all -- but different nonetheless.]
[But he's not saying this to be cruel.]
[He's saying it so Reign understands the storm brewing in his heart as he leans forward and steals Reign's lips into a kiss.]
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Reign...
[The next words that leave Shell's lips are words Shell never intended to say to Reign.]
[Words that were ultimately true, easily pieced together-- but surrounded by circumstances far more complicated, that made pointing out such a thing almost cruel.]
...you know I wasn't the one who broke our engagement.
[Shell had said yes. Shell had wanted to say yes. And maybe if he had never met One, things might have ended up different between them. Painful in a different way, no doubt -- he was still an abnormal, after all -- but different nonetheless.]
[But he's not saying this to be cruel.]
[He's saying it so Reign understands the storm brewing in his heart as he leans forward and steals Reign's lips into a kiss.]