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“Each other, Rainbow Each other” He took a deep breath, and she noticed the waver in it He was nervous For so he felt that way too cal to move in here because this is where you feel you need to be and I’m okay with that”

“You hate the city, Alastair You said you wanted to live in Invertary forever”

“I do But I can postpone forever for as long as you need to be here”

Her heart turned to a puddle in her chest

“As for the rest According to Mitch, ain” He rolled his eyes “I realise it’s unreasonable to want you to prouarantee So I’ve co quite pleased with himself “I want you to promise me tomorrow Just tomorrow One day That’s all Promise that you’ll be here, with me, tomorrow Can you do that?”

She noticed a little twitch at the edge of his eye, telling her how anxious he was about her answer

“Yes,” she said “I will be here, with you, tomorrow”

“Good Then toht you can prouarantees on a future neither of us can predict Just tomorrow” He bent forward and kissed her lips oh so softly “Then one day, you’ll look up and realise you’ve promised me all of your tomorrows and I’ll realise that there was never any chance of you leaving me”

Her heart soared He was doing it He was trusting her to stay Giving her a second chance not to hurt hiht he’d be able to do Brave man Her brave man

“All of ainst his lips “Is that what you want, Alastair?”

“Only if you give thee you if you can’t”

She leaned in to kiss hiroaned and kissed her hotly Deeply Enclosing her in his e her be who she washard when they parted

Rainne snuggled down into his arainst his chest where she could listen to his heartbeat It beat for her She believed that now

“It’s terrible” He trailed his fingers up and down her back “I can see it now We’re in an old folks’ hohty And will those other old folks let us forget it? They will not The a married to a toy-boy It will drive you insane”

Rainne stilled against him “Married?”