Rivulets of tears stain your cheeks as you finally pull away from Caden. The boarding gate for your plane had opened…a sign for you to leave.

It was always hard, leaving your long distance boyfriend, Caden, after staying with him for the holidays. From the way his eyes teared up, it seems like it was hard for him too.

Just as you turned away, you felt arms wrap around your waist, a head buried into the back of your neck as Caden’s shaky voice whispers, “Don’t leave…not again…please…”