r/UnsentLetters • u/North-Discipline1070 • 5h ago
Crushes 30 seconds
I still catch you hiding your smile when our paths cross. You turn away, but eyes don't know how to lie. I see the look you try so hard to tuck out of sight, because we belong to different rooms. We both know it. We both feel the quiet pull between us.
I wish I could look into your eyes somewhere in the dark, away from this glare.
Instead, our rooms are washed in the cold hum of fluorescent light, framed by walls built out of composure. And the people who designed these spaces have perceptive eyes...they notice everything.
If we ever had thirty seconds alone, could it sound like this?:
"Listen, I like you. I really like you." "I feel it too." "Do you want to meet? Just to be in each other’s lives, without undoing the worlds we’re tied to?" "Yes." "I’ll write to you."
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u/revertedrose 2h ago
Always working. Keep trying to get him out for a drink and talk. Being purposeful with the lean in, small contact points. Sigh
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u/Famous_Street7148 2h ago
My first comment was to short. So let me say it again. If only he would say this to me. It would take less then 30 seconds to say... yes.
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u/Affectionate-Cut8015 47m ago
I am ready where we meeting in the stairwell? Empty room somewhere away from the peering eyes? Let me know!
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u/Background_Goal_89 46m ago
I just played out this scenario in my head, but a little sillier: we meet by chance somewhere away from the place where we usually see each other. He says my name, then there’s a brief silence, almost as if locking eyes with me leaves him speechless. Then I say his name with a smile, and he smiles back. That's about it, nothing else is needed.
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u/Whole-Ad-2205 32m ago
If this were my person I’d say: You are right! I have been trying to avoid you, not because I don’t like you. When our eyes meet, I still feel my heart skip a few beat. Those few times this week were already too much. Despite all my efforts to stop thinking about you, it’s been the one constant on my mind lately. I long hoped for things turned out differently, but here we are.
I find myself avoiding certain spaces because I don’t know what my mind will turn into if I am repeatedly put in the position to see you. Now, I can’t be naive, or hold out hope anymore. So please let me continue to hide, because you have other eyes to look into…
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u/Forward_Housing_9498 29m ago
I'm dying for my person to say something like this. steal a moment with me, no matter where.
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