Beloved Rival

For @belovedrival and her amazing story: How Winter Came To Be

Happy Phyllis Friday!

Top 5 Favorite Characters

⟢ "I don't know how to do this. I just know I'm not ready for it to be over."

⟢ "I'm not here to win. I'm here because I miss you and I'm tired of pretending I don't."

⟢ "Tell me what I have to do. I'll do it. Just tell me there's still something left."

⟢ "I know I don't deserve another chance. I'm asking anyway."

⟢ "I've rehearsed this a hundred times and I still don't know what to say."

⟢ "Can we just sit here for a minute. We don't have to talk. I just want to be near you."

⟢ "I'm not asking you to forget. I'm asking you to let me try to be better."

⟢ "I kept your number in my phone even when I told myself I'd deleted it."

⟢ "You have every right to shut the door in my face. I just hope you won't."

⟢ "I know things can't go back to what they were. I'd settle for something new."

⟢ "I've been so angry at you. And I've missed you every single day at the same time."

⟢ "Whatever you need from me right now, I'll give it. Even if that's distance."

⟢ "I stopped blaming you a long time ago. I just didn't know how to tell you."

⟢ "I'm not the same person who left. I need you to know that."

⟢ "Say something. Say anything. Just don't tell me it's too late."

⟢ "I know sorry isn't enough. I'm going to spend as long as it takes proving I understand that."

⟢ "I drove past your place three times before I finally stopped. I almost didn't."

⟢ "I'm not asking for everything back. I'm asking for a place to start."

⟢ "You were right. About all of it. I hate that it took me this long to admit that."

⟢ "I don't want to keep being the reason you look sad. Help me stop being that."

⟢ "If you tell me to walk away I will. But I needed you to see me here first."

⟢ "I thought giving you space meant staying away. I think I confused space with abandonment."

⟢ "I never stopped loving you. Even when I acted like I had."

⟢ "You said you needed time. I'm not here to rush you. I just wanted you to know I'm still here."