What does a love confession during danger look like?
Example of a Confession During Danger
Danger strips away every excuse not to say it. When time might actually run out, the fear of rejection becomes laughably small compared to the fear of never having said it. This excerpt captures the clarity that comes when everything else falls away.
The building was making sounds buildings shouldn't make. Groaning. Shifting. Somewhere above them, concrete was giving up. "We need to move," she said. "The stairwell's blocked." He was pressing his jacket against the cut on her forehead. His hands were covered in dust and her blood and he was completely calm, which meant he was terrified. "Then we wait for rescue." "And if they don't come?" Another groan. Dust fell from the ceiling. She grabbed his arm and they pressed against the interior wall, the way the safety videos said, as if safety videos accounted for this — for being trapped in a collapsing building with the person you've been in love with for two years and never told. "Listen," she said. "If we don't—" "Don't." "If we don't get out of here, I need you to know something." "We're getting out." "Maybe. But in case we're not — I love you. I've loved you since the Kimura project, when you stayed until 3 AM to help me fix the presentation even though it wasn't your account. I loved you when you brought me soup when I was sick and left it at my door because you didn't want to intrude. I love the way you hum in elevators and argue with vending machines and I am not dying in this building without you knowing." The ceiling creaked. He stared at her. Dust in his hair. Blood on his collar. "The Kimura project was two years ago," he said. "I know." "You've loved me for two years?" "Are you really going to make me say it again while the ceiling is falling?" He kissed her. Hard and desperate and tasting like dust and copper. The building shuddered around them. "When we get out of here," he said against her mouth, "and we are getting out — I'm taking you to dinner." "Deal."
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