Listen to me. Everyone else who left? They didn’t leave because you were too much. They left because they weren’t enough. But I am not them. I am not afraid of your dark. I am not afraid of your past. And I am not going anywhere.
I’ve heard the stories. I know the reputation. you deserve me octavia
(Laughs weakly) You’re supposed to lie. Listen to me
She looks up at him. For the first time, hope flickers behind the exhaustion. They left because they weren’t enough
Because you deserve me. Not the version of you that’s perfect. Not the version that’s fixed. You, right now, with every crack and scar and sharp edge. You deserve someone who stays. And I deserve someone real. So stop pushing me away. Because I’m already home.
Probably.
She shakes her head, a single tear finally escaping.