#i CANNOT believe i sent u a cute pre-war cheek kiss

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@vaulttecexec sent: [ final ] sender and receiver share a kiss for the very last time, and they know it's their last

It's not bitter and it's not sweet, it exists in some sort of limbo space between the two while somehow being neither of them. It hurts, that much he knows, that is a feeling he can identify. Everything just became too much for him, for them both. He couldn't look at her the same anymore and she naturally got tired of defending herself. A part of him understands her motivations and he tried to understand more but he couldn't. So that was that.

Now they've signed the papers, the newspapers have told their own story of their sordid tale, a far cry from reality if there ever was one. There's no love lost, not to him, but it's different. It's changed. It's not the same. And it breaks his heart.

He walks her to her car--old habits die hard and he apologizes one last time for all of it. It's not his fault nor is it hers; there are powers at work far greater than the sum of them. They both want to do what's right, they just disagree on what that is.

He can't help the way he reaches out to her, cups her cheek in his hand and apologizes again. This time it's really the last time. He kisses her softly just at the corner of her lips--any closer would be too much, any further wouldn't feel right either. It's the best he can do before he turns and walks away with a final goodbye.