Flowers.
Opening the door all of the way, he was caught off guard to see who was holding the flowers.
It was Alex.
“Before you say anything, letting you leave thinking that I felt nothing was pretty shitty to do. I feel a lot, Corbin, and I’m sorry that I let my hurt lash out to cause you hurt. You apologized, and that should have been enough. I just don’t trust too many people, and when I do, if I get hurt, it makes me stumble. So, I’m sorry.”
Corbin blinked.
He couldn’t believe this.
In his head, he’d been planning out how to fix all of this, and instead of it being a battle, and an uphill fight, it was anything but.
Alex found him.
“Do you want to come in?” he asked. “Or is this a drive-by flowering?” he asked.
Alex laughed, and he sounded exhausted.
Yeah, Corbin understood that.
“I’d like to come in.”
Corbin stepped back, and made room for him. In a way, he was glad he was there. He had been worried with the shit happening with the case.
As soon as he closed the door and turned, Alex moved at him, and just buried his head in his neck, holding on to hug him.
Corbin wrapped his arms around him, and gave him that security back.
“I’m going to fucking make a mess of this, and I want to go on record and say that I warned you in advance. I hope you’re a very patient person.”
Corbin actually smiled.
“You haven’t met my mother.”
Alex was curious.
“Is she patient?”
He actually laughed as he held him.
“No, she’s a lunatic, and I’ve had to learn patience because I can’t escape her insanity. Alice has a way of testing a man’s patience. Let’s just say my father was a saint.”
Alex laughed.
A little.
When he stepped back, Corbin lifted his chin, and stared into his eyes.
“I won’t hurt you intentionally. I haven’t done a relationship in a long time. Be patient, too.”
Alex nodded.
Apparently, they were going to try and piece together two tattered lives to see if they could make something of it. That curiosity in him was why he was here.
No one ever said what he’d said to him, and Alex was desperate to see if he could even fly that close to the sun to feel that warmth.
For a change.
