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Standing there, at the end of the field, is my girl. Her cheeks flush with joy, and the most breathtaking smile on her lips. The jersey she wears is old, one I was given over thirteen years ago, one that has given me purpose so many days before.
My feet eat up the space, and her gaze snaps up, her eyes lighting with fire as her feet take off. She runs to me, meeting me halfway, and dives into my arms. Catching her, as I always do, I swing her around, her bright laughter warming every single part of me.
“You did it,” she breathes in my ear. Her body trembles as I put her down, and she flicks her gaze over the crowd that starts to amble down the steps. Those same triggers are still there for her, and large busy crowds aren’t her comfort space, but she always shows up, just for me.
“Hey, Bumblebee.” I lean down, cupping her face and bringing it up to mine. I place a sweet kiss on her lips, savoring her taste before I whisper, “Tell me five things.”
She shakes her head, her eyes softening at my words. “I don’t need to, not anymore.”
My lips turn down slightly, and she laughs, pressing hers to mine for a moment before pulling away.
“Five things kept me floating through so many of my bad days,” she says, keeping her voice low as celebrations form around us. But as it’s always been, when it’s just me and her, the world disappears until we’re alone in a bubble. “But then, I found you again. And while I may always need to ground myself, I don’t need to see five things anymore. I just need to see one.”
I shudder out a breath, and she presses her hand to my heart, the one with the bright solitaire diamond that now holds a thinner white gold band beneath it, signifying just one of our many promises to each other over the years.
“You.You are my one thing.” She curls her free arm around my neck, her fingers playing with the strands of hair there. “You ground me. You bring me back to life, time and time again, without complaint. Without you, I drown. But when you’re here, with me, I thrive. You are everything, Maverick Brady.”
I lift her into my body, her legs wrapping around me in an instant as I start toward where the team waits for me. She presses a light kiss to my pulse point, and a shudder racks over me. The team calls out to me as I get near, but I only look down at the girl in my arms, knowing there’s one more thing I have to tell her, and it’s something she needs to hear.
“You’re wrong, you know?” She pulls back, looking at me as her brows dip. “You don’t need me to thrive, not anymore. You’ve been doing that all on your own this whole time, Bumblebee. I’m just the lucky bastard that gets to come along for the ride of a lifetime.”
She smiles then, and it’s the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen.
“A single lifetime with you will never be enough,” she whispers. “Promise meeverylifetime.”
The end.
