Whatever Tomorrow Brings

"Will you stay? At least for a few minutes? You're the first visitor I've had."

Intense green eyes, so warm and yet distant. So alone and vulnerable, yet so resilient and strong.

"Can I come back tomorrow?"

So many days spent with him, gaining his trust by giving him my own. Falling in love with him a day at a time. A smile at a time.

"I'm scared, Tori. I feel like I'm falling apart, and there's nothing left to hold on to."

"Hold on to me, sweetheart."

Oh God, and then . . .

"Tori, I want you t...