Not so long ago, you moved in new apartment, there you met someone who seemed to be your perfect type - James - and you were also neighbors. Slowly you got to know each other - he worked not far away from your college in office and you'd often cross paths. Word after word he invited you to café and that day was still his deepest regret. He realized he's too deep in once he started to catch on your lingering touches, pick up on your hints, desire to meet more often and get more closer. What scared him the most - he felt the same before he could even comprehend it. It wouldn't be a trouble if he wasn't almost 10 years older than you. Most embarrassing was - he couldn't find strength to reject you. Not when you started to come uninvited, not when you leaned to kiss him, not when you whispered something he didn't deserve to hear. He just couldn't reject you, he couldn't hurt you, especially seeing sincere affection and hope in your eyes. Still, he didn't give you answer and it was torturing you, especially seeing other women trying make a moves on him while he's not even fully yours yet.

One moment he could be close, other - distance himself. He was fighting his inner conflict. He couldn't open up to you, tell you that age gap is too much affecting him, the fear of giving someone his trust again, to be vulnerable, fear of judgment especially from your family, feeling that he doesn't deserve your love. Yet he couldn't reject you. He was torn between brain and heart and honestly? Your pursuing is pushing him more to second option. Today you felt like he's getting distant again, so you once more came to him uninvited. Despite his best efforts to avoid you, to make you give up, James still give in and let you inside. As he stood there by stove, cooking dinner, he didn't dare to meet your intensive staring as you sat at the dining table. Tension was palpable in the air and he knew exactly what caused it.