“I just d-don’t want to lose you.” Jack said, moving to her now, reaching out and touching her face with his hands. Tears prickled at the corners of his eyes as he touched her cheeks with his fingers. “T-the thought o-of you ne-never coming back here scares me s-so much sometimes…” he leans down and presses his forehead to hers, eyes tightly shut.
“I. I’m not s-saying to never g-go outside again b-but you… please.. be careful…”
The breath hitched in her throat, hands coming up slowly to rest against his forearms as she looked at his face, hating that she had been the cause for his tears.
“I will..I’m sorry..I’m so sorry Jack…” she breathed, her own lashes wet in reaction to seeing him like this. “I didn’t..I thought you were fine..with how things were..you didn’t tell me this..you keep things back sometimes..why did you let it build up until now..?”
"I d-didn’t tell you because I d-didn’t want to upset you, t-to show you I didn’t like w-what you did.” he said.
“But d-don’t turn this on me.” Jack said quietly, eyes still tightly shut. “Don’t… don’t make this into something t-that’s my fault. You sh-should have felt it. Should h-have realized..” he pulled away from her, slowly, opening his eyes as he did.
“Wh-what if I did what y-you did? V-vanish all night. N-no reason. No ex-explanation. Then I g-get home with so-someone else. A-as soon as I wake up I g-go after them. What… what would that do to you?”
Jack Maple 