crypt | meme | #001 -- hardest words to say ( and i'd do anything to make you stay )

meme | #001 -- hardest words to say ( and i'd do anything to make you stay )

HARDEST THING TO SAY MEME

Sometimes the hardest things to say are also the most important. It doesn't matter how much it scares you to do so, it's finally time to be honest.

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01. I DON'T LOVE YOU ANYMORE Unfortunately, you can't keep lying to your partner/friend/family anymore. You just don't feel the same for them anymore.
02. I WOULD KILL YOU The person who means so much to you has done something completely unforgivable and now it's time to make sure they know where they stand. You would kill them if you ever got the chance.
03. I LOVE YOU, BUT... A bittersweet love confession. You know you love this person more than anything, but you're not sure you can give them what they need.
04. I DON'T TRUST YOU No matter how you feel about this person, you really can't trust them anymore.
05. SACRIFICE You're going to sacrifice yourself, for the person you're talking with or for the good of all humanity. You want them to know the reasons and that there's no stopping you.
06. TROUBLE You're in trouble and you might not make it through. You need to let at least one person know how you feel before it's too late though.
07. CRIME CONFESSION You did something you weren't proud of and now it's time to admit it.
08. DEMONS We've all got our demons and we've all got our own personal nightmares we have to face, but this time? You can't hold it all back.
09. I'M PREGNANT... Now's not the best time for it maybe or maybe you're just nervous how your partner will react, but they need to hear it.
10. BETRAYAL You've betrayed this person and you have to tell them the truth, no more running from it
11. CHEATED You've been unfaithful and it's time to tell your lover.
12. BROKEN That's it. You've had it. You are entirely broken and tired of everything.
13. AFRAID Something has you deathly afraid and you need to talk about it.
14. HELP ME You need someone to help you, bad. You can't do it alone anymore, you've tried.
15. I'M SORRY You said something or did something horrible and now it's time to ask for forgiveness.
16. YOU WERE A MISTAKE Sorry, but whoever you're talking to was the biggest mistake of your life or maybe it was just something you did together.
17. NOT WHO I SAY I AM You're so far from who they think you are, you need to finally tell the truth.
18. LET'S RUN AWAY You want to just get out, leave everything behind and be with this one person for the rest of your life.
19. ASHAMED Either you're ashamed of something they have done or something you did, either way you need to bring it up.
20. CAN'T REMEMBER The person standing in front of you looks so happy to see you, so relieved, but how do you tell them you can't remember a thing about them?
21. HOW COULD YOU You don't understand how they could treat you like they have, do what they have done when you've done nothing but be good to them.
22. YOUR CHOICE Either choose an option from above, mix and match, or make up your own idea.

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He went a little slower than they'd walked coming here, but with every step he grew a little more sure, a little more relaxed. Of course, when she said he was doing great, he glanced down at her, unable to keep from smiling softly. "Oh... I don't know that I'm doing all that great... but I know I'd be a lot worse off without you to take care of me. This whole time, I really mean it. You are the most important part of me getting better, fast or slow." If he'd been alone under those fireworks tonight... he'd probably still be curled in a ball on the grass, unable to process what was happening.

When she moved a bit closer, he glanced down again, moving to sling his arm carefully around her shoulders instead. "Not too cold, are you?" He'd happily turn over his jacket, it was a little cooler than he remembered July being, though the funny thing was that he always felt a little more easily chilled, now that he wasn't in the tropics anymore.

"Well, you know what I mean," she corrected herself quietly. She didn't want to assume anything of course, but she also couldn't help but feel useful when he said how tremendous of a help she had been for him. She smiled softly at him. "I just wanted to help, to be there. I still do, however I can." She didn't feel like she'd done much but she knew that if she were hurting or scared or anything, just having him around would help. They had each other and have for a while now.

"Just a little breeze. I'm okay," she murmured softly, staying close and smiling a little as his arm slung over her shoulder like it did. "I can manage until we get home."

"I know," he assured her just as quietly, giving her shoulder a gently squeeze. "But still... thank you. For everything." He had to tell her, at least once, though he knew she would have done it without thanks, just like he would have done for her had their positions been reversed. They'd both had it hard, but they'd leaned on each other, and they were going to make it through this. Already he felt lighter just thinking that maybe the hardest part was really over.

Of course, his mind definitely came to rest in the present when she said she'd manage - he shook his head, doing a bit of an elaborate contortion-like dance but managed to get his jacket off without stopping walking or setting the basket down. He moved to drape it over her shoulders, saying with a teasing smile, "Managing is not acceptable. I want you to be absolutely perfect."

"You're welcome," she let him thank her because she knew that he meant it and she wouldn't belittle his thanks by turning it down. She wanted to help him however she could, thanks or no thanks.

Her cheeks colored as he put his jacket over her shoulders; it was such a small but romantic gesture. His uniform jacket was far more impressive than a letter jacket, that was for sure and it felt warm. She offered him the biggest smile as she looked up at him. "Thank you. I'm perfect now." Because it was just another way to show off that she was his girl and he was her fella.

Maybe he didn't need to thank her... but he felt like he did. Like those were the only words he could say, the only way he could express just how much what she'd done - what she was doing - meant to him. Most of the time, those words didn't even feel like enough, but they were really all he had, and he hoped she could accept them.

Then again, just about everything seemed right when she colored like that as he moved to drape his jacket around her shoulders - and she wasn't the only one thinking it was sort of a nice way to tell the world, We're together and thrilled about it. Because that was sure the truth. "You're welcome - you look pretty perfect, too, I have to say," he couldn't help but admit, grinning down at her. "I think it looks much better on you than it does on me."

No thanks needed, yes, but honestly, having him look at her like that, with the love in his eyes, adoration as he commented on the way she looked, it was thanks enough. She returned that grin, her eyes sparkling in the night. "Thank you, but I think you look much better in it than me. But I like wearing it."

She kept close to him as they walked, knowing that as soon as they got home, things would be a little hectic. She knew her father would want to check Bob out, get his medical bag out and make sure he was alright. They'd need to call her uncle and she'd go setup the guest bedroom for him as that all went on. And she knew she'd have butterflies in her stomach the whole time, like she did now, knowing that Leckie loved her memories or not, but he had his memories and everything would be okay.

"Hm... well, if we both think the other looks better in it, I guess we'll just have to keep trading it back and forth," he murmured with a smile down at her, loving the look on her face, how he'd been able to put it there, even if he hadn't exactly had any control over how he'd done it.

But he was happy to take things slow getting home - he wasn't sure how her father would react, if he'd be able to stay the night or shipped off to the hospital for tests. He felt fine - okay, a little shaken up, and a little disoriented, but not sick, and he wasn't a danger, he couldn't be. He was just... himself, someone he'd been looking for for a long time, now. And having Summer on his side was nothing if not reassuring. "You think this'll stick? I mean... there's no reason it won't, right?" Now that he thought about it... the possibility of forgetting again terrified him.

"Well, I guess we'll just have to, huh?" She liked that idea, very much. Though a part of her wanted to keep the jacket for herself, to have some part of him always. It was a little silly but she couldn't help herself, she was still young and silly and in love.

Summer was hoping her father wouldn't send him off to the hospital, send him away when something so amazing had happened. She just hoped that it wouldn't turn out to be some bad thing, that it wouldn't hurt him int some way. His question made her pause, though she kept walking with him. "I mean, it always does with the other guys I've seen this happen to." Though that was more shell shock than it was amnesia of any sort.

"I guess we will." He liked the idea, too - it meant they'd stick together, that he would stick around and she would stand by him if they were going to pass the jacket back and forth. Of course, if he'd known her feelings, he would have been happy to simply give it to her and just 'borrow' it back if he ever went out in uniform again, though of course that would be mostly at her request anyway, given that he'd been honorably discharged after his memory loss.

And honestly, Bob was hoping he'd be able to stay the night, simply because he was sick and tired of hospitals when clearly there was nothing wrong with him, not anymore. He glanced down at Summer as she spoke, nodding a little, hoping she was right - but he knew his case was special, not exactly like the shell shock she and so many others had seen boys come back with. "I hope so. I feel a little overwhelmed, still... but I don't want to lose this." All of his memories, everything he'd shared with her - and everyone else in his life - was suddenly back, and it felt so precious, he didn't want to grasp too hard for fear of driving it away again. "I didn't even know how much I was missing."

She would stand by him no matter what, she already got through the hardest times already. At least, she hoped that they were over now, because as hard as having him far away and out of touch was, having him close and out of touch, just barely out of reach was rougher.

"You're alright, though, right?" She was worried this would be too much, that he might start feeling sick or woozy. Her arm slipped through his a little tighter, her eyes on his face as they rounded the block that they lived on. "I mean, do you feel sick or anything?"

He knew by now that Summer was amazing, loyal, and above all strong. She'd been strong for him while he was away, and strong for him while he was here and just beyond her reach the way she wanted him. And he was more than glad for both their sakes that he was back, whole, or at least well on his way to getting there.

"I feel all right, yeah," he confirmed, when she asked, feeling her arm tighten in his almost the same way his stomach tightened as they turned down their block. "I mean... I feel a little... like my head is very full," he chuckled dryly, "but other than that, fine. Nothing hurts. Nothing's off. Not physically." There was just a lot to get used to, mentally. "I just feel like... well, like the contents of an entire life have been shoved into my head. But it's not bad. Just strange."

"That's pretty much what happened," she said with a bit of a smile, since it was true. His life had suddenly come back to him, all at once, shoved into his mind. She was still worried for him but she knew that he was strong, that he was going to true the best he could to stay that way. And she'd be there for him like always. "I'm glad you're okay, though." They were coming onto her house, her fingers curling against his arm supportively, but she did stop them in front of her house.

"It's going to be okay, you know?" She leaned up to press her lips to his, arms wrapping around his neck for a moment to pull him down gently for a kiss, a slow and sweet one, hopefully one that would make him feel a little better. Or maybe distract him some.

Bob hummed in agreement - she was right, that was pretty much what had happened, and he had a feeling it was all going to take a while to sink in. But he hoped it would sink in, that all the memories that had cropped up as they'd walked through town would stay right where they were. And in fact, it had been almost completely disorienting to walk down their street, it was laden with so much information he hadn't even realized he was missing. But overwhelmed though he was, he had Summer beside him to keep him grounded, her fingers reminding him that he wasn't alone in this, wouldn't drown in the memories flooding his mind. All the same... he almost didn't dare glance back at his own house, he was afraid of just how much information that sight might unlock. He would save that for later, because he wanted to be all right, wanted to spend the night in a house tonight and not the hospital, if he could manage it.

He would have responded to those simple, sweet words - but they were followed by a simple, sweet kiss that he couldn't tear himself away from, not for a long, long time. He leaned close, just letting her presence comfort him, hoping his could do even a little of the same for her. "You know... I think it will be," he breathed against her lips, as the kiss finally tapered off. "Because we'll make sure it's okay, right?" He glanced up at the house, swallowing and glancing down at her. "But I guess we'd better get inside..."

"I know it will be, Leckie. You'll be okay," she said with utter faith in her voice because she knew it to be true and she needed it just as much. Her lips ached to kiss him more, to stay out here and just let themselves have this moment but it was late. And her father would need to check him out. "Yeah, we better." She gave him one last lingering kiss before she took his arm, looped hers through it and guided him towards the house.

Inside was Dr. Roberts who would consent to Leckie staying, would check him out and say that he seemed to be fine physically but that he'd need to go to the doctor first thing in the morning to see a neurologist and other doctors to make sure. And while Dr. Roberts spoke and looked over Leckie, Summer got the guest room ready, it was down the hall from her room and her father's, on the other side of the house, basically. She fixed the linens, fluffed the pillows. She came downstairs with a bit of a smile. "The room's ready for you, Bob." Dr. Robert's reached to shake Leckie's hand before giving them both a look before he excused himself to his own room.

The faith in her voice helped, more than anything - he wanted to live up to that faith, and her surety gave him surety of his own. If Summer believed in him, after all this... how could he do anything but be all right? He admittedly wanted to spend a few more minutes outside kissing her, or at least holding her close, but her father would be waiting and delaying the inevitable wouldn't really help.

In the end, he was relieved when Dr. Roberts pronounced him physically sound and fit enough to stay the night, provided he went to the hospital first thing in the morning, which was all right with him. Part of him wanted the confirmation and assurance of the doctors there that this would be all right (even if he wasn't sure they could give him that), but not tonight. He was more worn out than he wanted to let on, and he didn't want to go anywhere else when things seemed to be getting better, not worse. So when Summer came downstairs and said the guest room was ready for him, he nodded gratefully, shaking her father's hand with words of genuine thanks.

Of course, he saw the way the man looked at them before he headed for bed, as if to say that they'd better behave themselves. He had to hold in a sigh - he was a guest in their home, of course, and he'd better damn well behave himself - and moved to take Summer's hand, fingers tangling with hers gently. "Thanks for getting it ready for me," he murmured, figuring at least a short kiss (or few) goodnight might be okay, in a moment. "I guess we'd better get some sleep."

Of course, he had a feeling that he wouldn't be able to sleep at all, no matter how exhausted he felt.

Summer watched as her father headed up the stairs, distracted when Leckie reached for her hand, fingers threading with hers. Her eyes lifted to his face and she smiled at him. "My pleasure," she murmured softly, truthfully. She was glad to know he'd be here, under this roof and with a doctor in case something happened. And once she heard her father's door click shut, she moved to kiss Leckie, pressing her lips to his without hesitation.

Her fingers of her free hand moved to comb through his hair, lovingly before she murmured, "Yeah, we better. You have to be exhausted." She figured he'd fall fast asleep but she wasn't sure she'd be able to sleep one wink.

He smiled sincerely as she leaned up to kiss him, his lips easily molding to hers for a slow, soft kiss as his fingers tightened around hers gently, for just a moment. At her words, he nodded - he was exhausted, whether he felt like he could sleep or not, and even more importantly, he thought she might be, too. "I am... and I bet you must be, too. It's been quite a night for us both." More good than bad, thankfully, but that didn't mean they didn't need their rest. "I know where the guest room is, you don't have to walk me all the way there." Though he certainly wouldn't mind if she did.

She pressed her palm to his as they kissed, her mouth drawing out the kiss for a moment before she pulled back as he spoke. "I wouldn't be a very good hostess if I didn't." She kept her hand in his as she moved to guide him up the stairs, towards the room. And once they reached it, she'd lean in for another kiss, though careful to be extra quiet.

"I love you, Robert Leckie. I hope you sleep tight."

"Well... let it never be said that you aren't, then," he murmured, smiling at her as she led him up to the guest room, glad to follow her lead. When she turned to kiss him, he gladly moved to meet her halfway, smiling at her words, which were soothing, comforting after everything that had happened tonight. "I hope you do the same, Summer Roberts. Because I love you, so much, and now I remember every single little reason why." They might all be a jumble, but that didn't matter - they were there, and that counted for a hell of a lot.

He paused with his hand on the doorknob, leaning down for one more brief, quiet kiss. "You have a good night, sweetheart." And with that, he squeezed her fingers once more and slipped into the guest room, which was a very comfortable size with a very comfortable-looking bed. His stomach flipped - in the best of ways - when he thought about Summer getting it ready for him, and he pulled off his shoes, leaving them by the door, before he padded over to the bed. He didn't have any spare clothes here, so he stripped down to his boxers, draping his uniform carefully over a chair so it wouldn't be wrinkled in the morning. At least he could put it back on before he headed downstairs in the morning, and no one would care what he was sleeping in - he was tempted to sleep completely bare, but part of him said he'd done far worse than wear a pair of boxers twice in a row.

And so, with a deep sigh, he slid gratefully into the large, comfortable bed... and laid awake for what felt like hours but could have been only minutes, staring at the ceiling, unable to stop his mind from whirling in circles so fast it almost made him dizzy.

"And that makes me more happy than I can say," she murmured softly, letting him steal one last kiss before he slipped into his room for the night. She stood there for a moment, staring at the door, feeling something in her stomach twist. She wanted to open that door and go in there and lay down with him, to hold him and fall asleep. But he needed the rest and well... She headed down the hall, making a bit of noise so her father could hear that she was going into her room and not staying somewhere else. She heard her father say goodnight and she wished him the same before closing the door to her bedroom. She slipped out of her own clothing. It was too hot to sleep in her usual pajamas.

But as she laid in bed, staring up at the ceiling, she felt restless, that same stomach twisting feeling settling over her, her mind buzzing with thoughts. After about an hour, she rolled onto her side, staring out the window, her eyes on the house that Leckie once lived in, memories coming back to her. Memories of her waving at him through their windows, memories of crying herself to sleep wishing he was in that very window instead across the world. And now he was just down the hall, having memories of his own once more.

She made a decision then and there as she slipped out of her bed, grabbing her robe to slip on, butterflies fluttering in her stomach as she tied it at her waist and pulled her hair down to tumble in waves at her shoulders. It was a little tricky but she managed to sneak out of her room without a peep, tip toe down the hallway and knock so quietly on his door, opening it without permission and slipping inside.

Robert had tossed and turned for what felt like forever, but every time he checked his watch it seemed like no time had passed at all. He'd tried closing his eyes, tried keeping them open, it didn't seem to matter; he was exhausted but his mind simply wouldn't - couldn't - shut down, spinning in endless circles as every memory that surfaced seemed to bring a hundred more with it. He hadn't spent a lot of time in this house, before, but he'd spent time around Summer, and even the smell of the sheets in here reminded him of her so strongly that it felt like his entire childhood had replayed in his head in the past few minutes, during which Summer was a bright spark that seemed to grow brighter as the years had passed. It was staggering, how much a part of his life she was, even if they hadn't had more than casual childhood interactions until they'd gotten older. But he realized that he'd spent a lot of time thinking about her, and now he could remember just how gut-wrenching it had been to sail across the world into what he'd thought was certain death and leave her behind with a promise to come back that he hadn't been sure he could fulfill.

But he had come back, even if it hadn't really felt true until tonight, until everything had come back to him. And things were still coming back, a near-constant stream until the soft knock on his door shook him out of it, startling him into a sitting position as he saw the door open just enough to allow someone small to slip inside. He almost looked at his watch again - it couldn't be morning, it was still dark, but he had no idea how long he'd really been lying here - and suddenly it didn't much matter. He didn't need to squint into the darkness to see who it was, because there was really only one person it could be. "Summer?" he whispered. Suddenly his skin was prickling, feeling too hot and yet all too aware that he was only wearing his boxers under the sheets; he'd kicked off the coverlet long ago, it was lying bunched at the bottom of the bed.

Edited 2012-05-31 18:48 (UTC)

Their lives were so very intertwined and she wanted it to always be that way. She wanted him in her life always, she wanted to give him her life, give her everything she could. And that was what drove her to close the door behind her with a quiet click, her breath catching in her throat when she heard him say her name. She could see him in the faded light of the room, a street lamp still on and barely shining through the curtains, exposing the fact that he was wearing very little.

"It's me," she whispered back as she straightened, pushing off the door, leaving that life line as she made her way towards the bed without another word. She felt breathless and nervous and excited all at once, maybe this was crazy but it wasn't a mistake. She put her finger up to her mouth to silence him as she moved to crawl onto the bed, moving onto to straddle his lap, letting her body guide her.

Her soft words confirmed it, that it was Summer, though for a moment he couldn't fathom what she was doing in here. Had she had a nightmare? Had she wanted to check on him? Those were all reasonable explanations, and following hot on their heels were about a hundred different fantasies that he wasn't sure he should even think about or his body would start to respond, and that would be very embarrassing -

Of course, it was starting to feel like one of those fantasies was coming true as she moved, not to stand beside the bed and ask how he was, but to shush him and proceed to crawl onto the bed, onto him, her body heat barely impeded by whatever cloth was between them, because it sure as hell wasn't much. His entire body shivered, but not because he was cold, as he looked up at her face, almost awestruck. "... Hi," he managed to somehow get out, the word whispered so very quietly between them as he reached up with one hand to touch her face, carefully, like it might scare her off - or wake him up from whatever very nice dream he was apparently having. He practically breathed the next few words, because if he was too loud... the moment might break, or at the very least, her father would hear something. "I thought you'd be asleep."

Summer worried what he might think of her, if he'd turn her away. Because while they'd kissed, sometimes it got a little heated, they'd never been anywhere this intimate. And now she was in his lap, pulling the sheet around them, the only thing separating them were his boxers and the robe that was caught between them. He spoke to her softly and she felt her stomach jump ten stories, her eyes meeting with his. "I couldn't," she breathed out the words, her heart pounding faster and harder than it ever had. She turned her head to kiss his palm, eyes closing for a moment as she just basked in being this close to him for the first time.

"I couldn't stop thinking about you in here," she spoke so softly, her head turning back to look down at him, her skin prickling too as she leaned down to press her lips to his for a slow, drawn out kiss.

He would never turn her away, couldn't possibly deny that he wanted to be close to her, even if they never had been. Now he could remember years of dreaming about a moment like this - and now that he suddenly had it, he almost didn't know what to do. Oh, he knew what he wanted to do, but he didn't want to make the wrong move, assume too much, drive her away - he felt like he'd been waiting his entire life for Summer to even think about getting this close to him, pulling the soft sheets of the bed around them as her lips touched his hand - and then his own lips. The thing was, as soon as she leaned in to kiss him, the racket inside his head seemed to fall silent, every single one of his senses so very attuned on just this moment that he almost laughed - this was exactly what he'd needed to get his mind to quiet, if only briefly.

His lips moved carefully, slowly against hers - and probably a little more eagerly than he meant, but there was only so much he could hold back when suddenly his fantasy seemed to have stepped out of his mind and into his lap - and his body knew it, too. He shuffled up so he was sitting a little better, the hand that wasn't touching her face moving to carefully rest at her hip, fingers curling gently into the fabric of her robe. "Well... I didn't mean to keep you up," he murmured, smiling up at her with a mixture of gentleness and hopefulness that he simply couldn't mask. "What can I do to help?"

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/finally gets back to this

And I swear I haven't forgotten it ;; I AM TEMPTED to log that night and have room-sneaking-into >>

I WAS THINKING THE SAME THING.

8D GREAT MINDS THINK ALIKE?

YES, YES THEY DO.

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8Db we can timeskip or whatever soon? OF COURSE I HAVE TO GO TO BED NOW ;;

YES that's fine. I'll do it here. SLEEP WELL

And hooooome~ Still some work to do today but I think I should be around more 8D

yayyy!

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AND LOOK I have literally the perfect icon XD

HOW CONVENIENT. :D

I KNOW RITE? 8D

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