S&F drabble for fallen_woman! Hi! It's actually unrequited Quentin/Caddie, but. . .close? :)



forgive me, forgive me, and quentin hasn’t sinned, but he has thought of sinning with eyes shut, trembling hands. i have knelt, and i have bled, and i feel no closer to heaven if i cannot hear her breathing. but caddie is always there, and she doesn’t know. does she know.

oh, quentin says, in her embrace, and he is too young to be living like this. caddies arms are sharp over his shoulders, and they are small and meaningless, several thin layers of insignificance and he loves her, loves her, wants her so much it feels like his skin is too tight all the time. she can’t know.

love you, he whispers (needyouneedyouneed), and he can feel her smile as she arches on her toes, presses dry lips to his cheek in a kiss that doesn’t mean anything more than their name, their same dark eyes.