It's Late {a multiple-month-old-draft finally posted}

"I've missed you," she spoke softly in his ear while they embraced. The words surprised her, even as she spoke them; it was as if she hadn't planned on feeling that way, nevertheless she let the words flow to him. The feeling of being around him and being with him drew the words right out of her mouth, almost taking her breath away with them. All the while he smiled a smile her eyes would never see and kept the few tears brimming in his eyes back, not letting them roll down his cheeks; he felt the same.
Standing there in silence, only the moon, stars and street lamps as their light, they held on. Unsure of what was keeping them from letting go, they both kept quiet, trying to figure it out in their minds.

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