Her heart had done that stupid flip. Go, and feel pathetic. Stay, and feel a ghost.
He winced. That had been their song—the one about the morning after a fight, the one you play when you’re too proud to apologize. They’d played it on repeat the week she moved out. all time low famous songs
She nodded. A single tear escaped, and she wiped it away fast. “I’m not here to fix us, Leo. I’m here because… you were my . The place I ran to when real life got boring. But Neverland isn’t real. And I’ve been stuck there for four years.” Her heart had done that stupid flip
Later, they ended up on his back porch, the rain now a whisper. The silence stretched. He winced
He reached for her hand. She let him hold it for a long, quiet minute.
“Why did you come?” he asked quietly.