For one ridiculous second, I forgot how to speak. My lungs worked but my voice wouldn’t.

I wanted time to stop where we were right now- His hands still gently cupping my face, his eyes on mine, looking at me like that- like I was a fancy treasure he couldn’t afford to lose.

I wanted to hear him say those words again and again till my ears hurt.

I wished there were no obstacles, wished there was nothing to consider. But…

I had a thousand answers at once- yes, no, maybe, not yet, I ...