Young & Beautiful

XXXII
Chapter Summary
Louis confesses.
Chapter Notes
THERE WILL BE AN EPILOGUE. Just want to start off with that! :)
Thank you Tara, J, and Becki for being helpful, beautiful people. For reading my
rambles and my ALL CAPS MESSAGES and just reading this too-long, tooemotional
story. You're marvelous. I adore you. :))
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Not with you.
The courtyard is a blur around him.
Not with you.
His feet pound the grass in dull clumps, smack against stone and echo in time to:
Not with you.
Almost-warm air slaps his face, assaults his hair.
Not with you.
Clusters of voices ooze in and out of the blood pumping in his ears.
Not with you.
He sees the door to his flat coming into view, he feels the air ripping his lungs apart, hears the
fragile pounding of what’s left inside.
The keys fumble and clank but they fit in the lock and he pushes it open with his shoulder as hard
as he can because he just needs to go inside, he needs this door to open right now and he needs to
leave.
He wants to go home.
That’s all that he wants.
That’s all he can think about.
Well.