I was always coming back for you.

am trying to get back into the swing of writing so here’s a wee snippet that might not turn into anything but we shall see

“Endings are my favourite part,” Robert admitted, embarrassment tinging his cheeks as he spoke. It was cute, really - not that Aaron would ever admit it out loud, or God forbid, to Robert himself.

“Why?” Aaron found himself asking, before he could really even think about it.

Robert shrugged, thumbing at the pages of the book. “I like knowing that people get to live happily ever after, I suppose. That the story ends with them getting their happy ending,” he paused, for a second, looking at Aaron. “Do you think we get to have a happy ending?”

Aaron tried to ignore the way tears burned at the corners of his eyes, everything he knew and couldn’t tell Robert clawing at his throat, the truth desperate to escape.

“I think we do,” Aaron managed, his voice hoarse from the effort of holding back his tears. He wished it was the truth.

aaron: robert, robert, robert, robert, robert

"We need to talk to you about your husband," the DI had explained after they'd introduced themselves and flashed their badges. Then she'd told them, because Robert's still the next of kin and they have to inform him, that Kev had been found dead in his stupid cake van a few hours ago. She hadn't called it stupid. Aaron added that part.

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