Worth the Wait

“What the fuck, Steve.” She muttered, voice watery as tears tracked down her face. She trailed her fingers softly through his hair, ignoring the fact that they came back stained with soot. Her eyes routing over his bruised and swollen features, her brow crinkling as she fought back another round of fresh tears. “You come back to me, you hear me? Don’t you leave me here without you…We have so many things left to do, left to see, so much more life ahead of us.” She took his hand, running her thumb over the top of his, wiping away the splatter of tears that fell against his skin. “If you come out of this, we’ll take that trip. We’ll go to that cabin you talked about. I’ll do anything and everything that you want to do…I’ll wait as long as I need to, I don’t care. I just want you here with me.”