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Steve woke up once again in an empty bed, but this time, he found a letter. The pages had wet spots on them and some of the letters were smudged.
“I don’t know where to begin.
I don’t even know how to say this to you.
I just know that I’m grateful and cursed.
Grateful you’ve let me into your world. This world of emotions and beauty. Of hurt and comfort. And I’m cursed because I fell in love with it. With all of it.
With you.
Forgive me Steve.
Forgive me…
B.”
New drops were falling down on the pages as Steve couldn’t hold his tears back any longer. He let himself cry it out. Cry the love out. Cry the pain out. Cry Billy out.
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A moth has passed and Billy dragged his wings on the floor as he walked in. Aphrodite’s gaze, ripping him apart. He couldn’t deal with this right now. He went to his chambers and sat on his bed as he buried his face into his hands, regretting anything and everything. But not Steve. Not him.
His mother walked in and sat beside him, letting him cry on her shoulder as she caressed his back.
“Mother…Oh, mother…”
“Now you know my darling boy. Now you know….”
Billy lifted his tear stained eyes at her and she looked back at him.
“This is love. This is what you’re fighting for… This.”
She placed a hand on his chest, indicating his heart.
“Mother...I-“
“You love him.”
“I love him.”
Aphrodite hugged him and whispered into his ear.
“Go.”
Billy gripped her dress and waited as she continued.
“Darling… Go to him…Just go…”
He pulled away and looked at her in shock. She wiped his cheek and smiled at him, her eyes approving his emotions.
He kissed her hands and stood up as he ran and flew away.
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Steve came back from work and dropped his backpack on the floor. He went to the bathroom to wash his hands from the day’s work and as he walked back into the room, he saw Billy standing there, in front of the window. His mind went blank and stared at him. A faint smile appeared on Billy’s lips as he spoke.
“Hello Steve.”
Steve tried and found all his power to respond.
“Hey Billy.”
Billy shook his head in denial as he corrected him.
“It’s Eros.”
“What?”
“My real name is Eros…”
Steve shook his head back at him and replied.
“You’re Billy to me.”
Both men grinned and walked the distance, as they met halfway through the room. Steve tried to speak again but failed because Billy crashed his lips on him, breathing in their kiss. Steve’s hands were shaking but rested on the blonde’s shoulders, pulling him in closer.
“I’ve missed you. So.Fucking.much.”
“Me too…”
They brought their foreheads together, taking in their reunion.
Now, almost two years later, Billy’s shadow pans over a, once again, sleeping Steve. Leaning over him and placing a soft kiss on his lips. Steve flutter his eyes open and renders his lovers face with a slow smile. He cupped his cheeks and pulled him on the bed, kissing each other passionately.
Aphrodite’s water turned misty again as she walked away with a smile.
“…and in my dreams, i will always find my way back to you.”