[ he calls her baby and she chokes out a sound that's somewhere in between a laugh and a sob, her whole brain seemingly short-circuiting on how nice that sounds even through the speakers of her phone. it's not the first time he's called her a pet name, not even in the first time in conversation — but baby is different. baby is soft and affectionate, intimate and gentle; it's not teasing or light the way babe rolls off his tongue or slides into a text.
it's — god, it sounds so good, she just wants to hear him say it again. ]
I'm not gonna get sick of you.
[ she can almost guarantee that it'll be the other way around. he'll get sick of her, he'll get tired of her, he'll learn too much and walk away because that's too much to handle. he'll change his mind or get back with his wife or something. it's too good a dream to even consider that he won't. ]
I want to see you when you get off the plane.
[ like, immediately. in a dream world, she'd pull a scene from a movie and kiss him at the gate. the image flashes and burns into her retinas before she has a chance to shove it down. she can't do that, can she? she can't meet him at the gate like she has a right to his time, like she belongs there, waiting for him. it's a sobering thought. ]
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it's — god, it sounds so good, she just wants to hear him say it again. ]
I'm not gonna get sick of you.
[ she can almost guarantee that it'll be the other way around. he'll get sick of her, he'll get tired of her, he'll learn too much and walk away because that's too much to handle. he'll change his mind or get back with his wife or something. it's too good a dream to even consider that he won't. ]
I want to see you when you get off the plane.
[ like, immediately. in a dream world, she'd pull a scene from a movie and kiss him at the gate. the image flashes and burns into her retinas before she has a chance to shove it down. she can't do that, can she? she can't meet him at the gate like she has a right to his time, like she belongs there, waiting for him. it's a sobering thought. ]