Oh my god, this is so beautiful. I love this story so, so much. I'm absolutely heartbroken right now, but in the most gorgeous way.

Vanessa shifts closer and slips an arm around Nina. She doesn't know what she's doing, of course, she's asleep, but. But it's enough.

(That moment, it's enough.)

That's the bit that really broke me. The thought of them both just taking what they can get, and it being enough. Gah. I'm a total sucker for (seemingly) unrequited love, and that shattered me into tiny pieces. And the simplicity of it all, the unassumingness, the lack of big dramatic moments, just life goes on and things remain unsaid, OMG it's just perfect. Perfect. It's such a beautiful, quiet kind of pain, and I adore it. And I adore you, Mystery Author, for writing it. So much. <3333333