Present day
Brandon
"You are here, you are real," I hold him close as my heart races from his presence.
Luther, the man I want desperately but I know I can never have.
He came.
He risked his life for me.
"Yes, I am. I would never leave you," his words make my heart ache because I know he is sincere but not in the way I want him to be. Luther is the man of my dreams, I mean that literally.
I met him at a time when I was ready to let go of everything in this world. I met him and he saved me.
He saved me from myself, he saved me from my mother and my father.
He cups my face in his palms and there is that worry in his eyes "Are you okay? Did he hurt you?"
Luther's concern radiates through his touch and his words, his genuine worry for my well-being like a balm to my soul. He wipes away my tears, his gesture gentle and full of reassurance.
