Drabble/Icon Challenge 2024: Day 46

[angelus2hot]

Today's prompts:
A phrase: I can't stop.
Words: breathless, urge
A song title: Learning To Live Without You
Color: Brown

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All For The Game - Neil Josten/Andrew Minyard - Small Truths and Big Lies - 140 words

[cmk418]

I want to tell Andrew everything, but I can't stop lying. Telling the whole truth about my life would not only be unsafe for me, but it would be unsafe for him and I can't risk that. So I comfort myself in telling him small things- things that I like, things that I remember from my childhood that were nice (there weren't many of them, so they stand out), things that I still want to do with my life. The last group feel like lies because I don't expect to live out the year, but it's nice to dream about them anyway. It feels almost normal somehow, and the thought that I could have “normal” is the biggest lie of all.

Andrew knows this and says he hates me. That's a lie too, but one that I don't mind hearing.

Unspoken Desires (Danny/Steve, 196 words)

[simplyn2deep.livejournal.com]

The warm Hawaiian sun dipped below the horizon, casting a golden hue over the beach. Danny sat beside Steve, both of them watching the waves lap against the shore. The silence between them was comfortable, but it crackled with unspoken tension.

Danny glanced at Steve, his breathless heart racing for reasons he couldn’t—or wouldn’t—admit. Steve’s profile was outlined against the fading light, his eyes focused on the horizon, lost in thought.

“I can’t stop,” Danny whispered, barely aware that he’d spoken aloud.

Steve turned to him, a curious expression on his face. “What?”

Danny swallowed, fighting the urge to backtrack. “I can’t stop thinking… about us.”

Steve’s eyes softened, and he reached out, his fingers brushing against Danny’s hand. The touch was warm and grounding, like the deep brown of the earth beneath them.

“I know,” Steve said, voice low, almost breathless himself. “I’ve been thinking about it too.”

Danny’s heart skipped a beat. The urge to close the distance between them was overwhelming. He leaned in, the space between them shrinking until there was nothing left but the certainty of what they both wanted.

And when their lips finally met, it felt like coming home.

[itsanonyx.livejournal.com]

"Learning To Live Without You" / Brown