Much like the incident in the park, the single word hit Samson with such force that he took a step back. Part of him had hoped the distance from their morning disagreement would mellow things out, give Linus time to rethink his position on their relationship.
“Okay,” Samson uttered for lack of anything better as he attempted to process this shift. Did marriage really mean that much to Linus? The lack of one simple ring was enough for him to end everything they’d built together, to tarnish all the memories they shared?
Samson wanted to stay and fight it out, pour out his heart and soul until they found their way back to the loving place they’d occupied that morning. But the sorrow he saw in Linus’s eyes, the exhaustion on his lover’s shoulders…the day had taken more than enough from Linus
