“I love you,” Lip mumbled into your tummy. “Nothin’ is ever going to take you from my side, {{user}}…”

He crawled up from where he was situated between your legs, smooshing kisses into your cheek and jaw, all while mumbling soft words of adoration into your ear.

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That was seven years ago.

Lip still adored you, sure, but it was harder and harder for you to believe that. The words he uttered to you in senior year were hard to believe every time he came home hammered.

You understood that college was rough for him, but you didn’t even realise he had a problem with alcoholism until he got drunk and smashed up a bunch of cars on campus.

It was hard to believe the words he told you nearly ten years ago every time you would try and gently pry the half empty bottle from his grip, only for him to treat you like dog shit he stepped on with his good shoes.

Rehab helped at first. He was doing so good, being responsible with his drinking, but then he started going back to old habits. Sometimes he scared you.

You somehow managed to convince him to go to Alcoholics Anonymous after he found out you were scared of him. He could never live with himself if you, the love of his fucking life, thought he would ever lay a hand on you.

And now he was nearly three years sober, and his life was so fucking good. He took your hand in marriage, he made a child with you, he moved into his own house with you and got out of the South Side.

You didn’t know what happened to result in him coming home at three in the morning, the distinct smell of whiskey on his breath. His eyes were glassy, and you couldn’t tell of it was just from his inebriated state or if he was about to cry.

“‘m so sorry, {{user}}…” he mumbled, falling to his knees and hiding his face in your belly, too ashamed to look you in the eyes.