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“Yeah, both of us. I’ve held back for too long. I’ve lived in the past for far too many years. There’s a reason I’m still here, yeah? You’re that reason, Pierson. You’re the reason I’m supposed to be on this earth, and I believe that with every beat of my heart.”
“Are you sure?”
“I’ve never been more sure of anything in my life. When I first met you, I thought you were somethin’ I could fix. I thought you were my redemption. I thought, fuck, Pierson. If I could fix you, everything else would fall into place. That it would erase the bad from the past. I hated myself for what happened. I hated who I was and what I did back then. I wasn’t prepared for you, baby. I wasn’t ready to face the facts, but that’s what you were. You were facts, Pierson. I wasn’t supposed to fix you.”
“What do you mean?”
“You were supposed to fix me, and you did. You made me better. You made me stronger and wiser. You made me believe there was a second chance for me.”
“You think so?”
“I know. I know, Pierson. Because I couldn’t have moved on without you. I couldn’t have been the man you needed me to be if you didn’t heal that little spot in my chest. I thought you were my good deed this whole time, but that wasn’t it. I was yours, Pierson. You were the one savin’ me.”
“I don’t feel like I’ve saved you. You’re lying here because of me, Tarek. This doesn’t make sense.”
“It does make sense. Who the hell knows where I’d be if you hadn’t come along? You make everything better, baby.”
“You saved me,” she whispers.
“No. You saved me.”
