his eyes flick over me, hungrily taking me in.
Linking my arms around his neck, I bring his face to mine and kiss him deeply. Then I say against his lips, “Thank you for getting the studio. It’s the best present ever, Holden.”
He palms my cheek, and his thumb sweeps my skin, his intense gaze holding mine. Warmth pools in my stomach. “Just say you’ll be with me always, and we’ll call it even.”
I feel a smile tugging at my lips. Done. Always it is.
He buries his lips in my neck, and I lock my legs around him, pulling him as close as I can get him.
We still have a ways to go before we’re both completely mended. But we’re working at it, every day. And with Holden and me both in sessions twice a month, he’s finally getting the help he needs, too.
Now that his father has married Amber, I try to keep close to her through email. Just letting her know that we’re here, even if Mr. Marks has forbidden her to talk to me now that I’m with his disowned son. She’s an adult, and it’s her choice who she’s with, and who her friends are. But Holden and I hope that if she ever suffers any of the abuse he and Tyler went through, that their mother went through, then she will either ask for our help, or seek it herself.
All we can do is be there for her, and continue to try and work through our own issues.
As Holden’s hand caresses my thigh, I lose all train of thought. I want to revel in the amazing moments we create together. Life is so short, and you never know when something will come along to change everything. Spinning your world into a downward spiral. Trapping you in the darkest part of a mental hell.
But Holden and me, we’ve been to the dark. We’ve faced it. And we now have the tools to pull each other out. Together.
The darkest part is where I found Holden. And he found me.
All the other colors of the rainbow are only a path to our future.
Our always.
–The End–