"I feel like you will ruin me one day, Angelica." His voice was hoarse.



His forehead came to rest against mine.



"But why do I want to be ruined so badly?" He breathed.

~~

He was lightning and thunder, frightening, but so magnificent.

I was a hurricane, lost and in search of purpose.

When we met it was like a collision of two catastrophes.

But who knew chaos could be so beautiful, so addicting.

And for a moment, he made me forget the destruction that is inevitable when two storms collide.

When Storms Collide

I almost dropped the hot tray of lemon tarts that I had just taken out of the oven.

I turned away to put the tray beside the three others on the counter.

When I turned around to face him my eye-brows shot up in surprise. My eyes zeroed on the teddy bear clutched in his outstretched hand. The teddy bear wore a small white chef's hat and there was a note pinned to its chest.

A note having a single word scrawled across it-

My lips twitched as I tried to contain my smile.

/"Is this for me?/" I asked softly.

He gave me a stiff nod as he handed the little bear to me.

/"We should talk./" He said quietly.

I leaned against the counter and looked up at him expectantly.

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