[He's not sure why — not that it matters, because he'll have plenty of time to mull this over later — but he's just decided, with an almost overwhelming sense of certainty, that he wants her. Maybe the loneliness has finally gotten to him, or maybe Effie's just vulnerable enough to think she sees something worthwhile in him, or maybe he's passed the point of desperation in needing to get over Stephanie, or maybe it's something else entirely, like the fact that he knows exactly where she's coming from and how she feels and how he wishes he had someone to kiss him and tell him everything would be fine from the second he showed up —
Or maybe it's just that this godforsaken city has turned him into an overemotional mess.
Maybe.
She's really close. Close enough that when he tilts his head downward, he's a fraction of an inch away from bumping noses with her, so he'll just stop right there and give her hand a tug so gentle it's barely noticeable and wait to see what happens.]
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Or maybe it's just that this godforsaken city has turned him into an overemotional mess.
Maybe.
She's really close. Close enough that when he tilts his head downward, he's a fraction of an inch away from bumping noses with her, so he'll just stop right there and give her hand a tug so gentle it's barely noticeable and wait to see what happens.]
It does. Really.