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After recovering from shock at seeing that he was still there, Aria allowed herself to really look at him for the first time in what felt like forever.
The man was a mess. He had purple bags under his eyes that were turning almost black; his eyes were red-rimmed like he had been crying, the once impeccable clothes were now rumpled and his hair was sticking at every end like he had been running his hands through it for a while. He looked exhausted and ready to fall asleep on his feet.
“You stayed?” Aria whispered as their eyes locked in a loaded gaze.
“Yeah. How did the... date go?” Will asked her, his voice breaking a little at the end as if the idea of her on a date with someone else made him physically ill.
“Good.” Aria lied as Will closed his eyes and clenched his jaw.
“That’s... good.”
“Why are you still here? I told you to leave.” she said harshly as Will opened his eyes and looked at her with so much sadness, that Aria lost her breath for a second.
“I... I don’t know. I guess I just wanted to see you one last time, but I’ll go now. I understand that you don’t want to talk to me and I’ll respect your wishes. I just...” he stuttered, his eyes full of unshed tears and then he turned around to go.
“Goodbye Aria.” Aria heard him whisper and at the pain, so obvious in Will’s voice in that moment, something in her broke loose.
“Wait.” she said before she had time to think about what she was doing, as she grabbed the man’s hand and pulled him back.
They were standing so close, their breaths intermingling and Aria sighed and closed her eyes, as the familiar sensation of having Will so near, swept through her.
Aria knew that she had missed him, but she only now realized just how much; these three months apart suddenly seemed like an eternity. Will was looking at her intensely, his eyes searching for something, what, Aria wasn’t sure, as his fingers came to rest on her bottom lip.
“I love you, baby. I swear. There was never and there will never be anyone but you. You are it for me. Please, please believe me.” he whispered as a one, lone tear escaped his beautiful green eyes. Aria swiped it away with her knuckles and in the next moment closed the distance between them and kissed him.
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Will once thought that he knew what pain and heartbreak felt like after Antonia and Bradley had betrayed him, but the moment he lost Aria, Will knew that what happened all those years ago, was nothing compared to this.
Those long months without his baby; without her beautiful face, her laugh and voice, her smell and her destructive touch, were the hardest he had ever had to live through.
Having gotten used to seeing Aria almost every morning upon waking up, his heart broke just a bit more and the hole in it that was left behind after Aria left, kept getting bigger and bigger every time he was met with the sight of empty, cold sheets.
When Will had come here earlier and saw Aria walk out of the building with another man, he had never felt a similar pain to that; it was like someone had stuck a hand into his chest and squeezed so tightly that he thought that he was already dead.
But he still stayed, even though he knew that Aria didn’t want him there; Will stayed. First, because he was actually unable to move a muscle, the pain of it all gripping him from all sides and preventing him from running to hide and, secondly, because, even though Will knew that it was a big possibility that Aria would not come back alone, and wasn’t that thought heart wrenching enough, he still wanted to see her again; just once.
So, he waited, and thankfully, when his baby came back, she was alone without ginger in sight.
“I love you baby. I swear. There will never be anyone but you. You are it for me. Please, please believe me.” he managed to somehow whisper, even though his throat hurt from repressed emotions, but the moment those plump lips touched his, he completely unraveled.
His hands flew and wrapped around Aria’s smaller body and gripped her hard as if trying to prevent her from leaving him again. The tears he had held off for so long broke out and Will found himself sobbing like a baby for the first time in his life. His knees buckled and he slipped to the ground pulling Aria along with him.
“I am sorry, baby, I am so sorry! Antonia kissed me even though I told her to leave. She took me by surprise and I swear to you I didn’t want her; I don’t want anyone but you. Please believe me, baby, please.” Will begged her while he kissed her face and neck as a man starved.
“Will.” Aria whispered, stopping him, and his stomach rolled in fear of, yet, another rejection. He was looking down, unable to look at those eyes anymore, when he felt Aria’s hands cradle his cheeks which made him look up.
“I know.” the girl whispered before her lips crashed into Will’s in a scorching kiss that left the man breathless.
They kissed for what seemed like forever, their hands flying in every direction, desperate in their want to touch every part of each other. They were starved in their frenzy, and it took Will more strength than he had thought possible to get up and carry Aria into her apartment unless he took her right there in the dark corridor.
Once they were safely tucked away from the prying eyes, Will slammed her into the wall and started to devour her. Their tongues clashed against each other, fighting for dominance as moans filled the silence around them. He ripped Aria’s shirt off, his tongue lapping at the hot skin of her chest, while Aria moaned and trashed in his tight grip.
“Please, I need you, Will. I need you so fucking much.”
“Yes, fuck yes, baby. I am yours, only yours.” Will said and then kissed her again, their hands interlacing between them, as they tried to get rid of their clothing as soon as possible; the need to feel each other’s skin like air to breathe.
Will stepped away from the wall, with Aria still in his arms, and proceeded to carry her to the bedroom and the bed he knew was waiting there.
