by S. E. Lund
“I fell in love with you, looking at this photo and reading those letters,” he said. “Your dimples, your freckles… I had no hope after I saw you in person that first day.”
I smiled. “When I first saw you, I thought you were a biker. In other words, not on the menu, given I intended to join the FBI. Instead, you were a veteran, and a business man. I’m so glad you found those letters,” I said and cupped his cheek. “I fell in love with you, too, but I felt so guilty about Dan that I didn’t admit it to myself,” I said and looked deep into his eyes. “But I couldn’t stop thinking of you, even when I thought we’d never be together again. I realized I loved you when I thought of you going to my grandad’s to talk to him about us. It seemed like such an old-fashioned thing to do that I realized you didn’t do it to hurt me. In truth, I haven’t been this happy for so long.”
“I love you,” he replied. Then we kissed, deeply, passionately.
When he pulled back, he stroked my hair. “I know this is sudden but life’s too short and too precarious to waste any more time. Let’s live together, Miranda. I want you to move out of your room at The New Yorker and live with me.”
I smiled, imagining waking up with Beckett every morning.
I kissed him again and then we lay back in each other’s arms, watching the stars overhead. The past year had been tumultuous for us both, filled with loss, pain and a very slow recovery, but it seemed that we both had finally found what we needed, in each other’s arms.
THE END
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