/bæleksi/

“She reached out her hands to Kara instead, linked their fingers in something which resembled a promise, something which said maybe next time. But it was more than maybe. It was an absolute. And Kara smiled like she would hold Lena to it, like she’d heard the promise the way you hear a breeze - only because it rustles the leaves of the trees around you.”

“She didn’t have the words to explain that she wasn’t ready to let Kara out of her sight yet. That the feeling wasn’t one of possession, but of balance. Being near Kara was a need, not a want, and while Lena was painfully aware that nothing could exist between them the way it once had, she’d been thrown by the weight of her concern and she knew time was the only thing which would steady her. Lena didn’t know how to say that just sitting beside Kara was enough to make her heart feel as though it was resting in the right place inside her chest again, it was enough make the ground feel solid beneath her feet.”