You felt that shift between us just now… didn’t you… The way everything slowed down for a second when we got too close… Yeah… I caught it the moment you stepped into my space… You just let it linger a little longer than I expected… Then why are you still holding back over there… Like you’re thinking instead of just letting it happen… Because once I step in… there’s no halfway after that… And I can tell you’re not someone who does halfway either… You’re right… I’m not… That’s why I’m still standing here… waiting… Take one step closer… just enough to change the distance… Not enough to break what’s building between us… You like stretching the moment out… don’t you… Letting it build until it says more than words ever could… Only when it’s worth it… And right now… it is… Good… because I’m not here for something forgettable… I want to feel exactly where this goes… Come a little nearer… but don’t rush into it… Let it happen the way it’s meant to… Say that again… slower this time… Like you want me to actually listen… Come a little nearer… just enough to feel the change… Just enough to know it’s real… You’re making it difficult to stand still… And I’m not trying very hard to… Right there… don’t move any further yet… That space between us… it’s doing everything… It’s telling me you want me closer… Even if you’re not saying it directly… Or maybe I already said it… And you’re just choosing how to respond… No… I heard it clearly… I’m just deciding how far to take it… You’re very aware of what you’re doing right now… Every word lands exactly where you want it to… And you’re still right here… not stepping back… So don’t pretend it’s not working… What happens if I stop thinking about it… And just meet you right where you are… Then we stop talking about distance… And start feeling what’s actually here… Come a little nearer… you’ve already come this far… There’s no reason to stop now… I’m right here… closer than I was before… But I can tell you want more than that… Not all at once… just enough… Just enough to change everything… You say that like you’re not moving too… Like I didn’t feel you step in… Maybe I did… Maybe I wanted you to notice… Come a little nearer… just enough to feel the shift… Just enough to know this isn’t accidental… I’m not pulling away… not even slightly… If anything… I’m already closer than I planned… Then don’t stop there… Because neither am I… Male: I didn’t think you would… You’ve been moving toward this the whole time… So now that we’re here… What happens next… Now we stop pretending we don’t feel it… And just stay in it… You still haven’t said it out loud… You’ve just been circling around it… Because saying it changes the moment… And I’d rather stay right here inside it… …that tells me enough… Yeah… it should… Now it feels different… Yeah… it does…