To my love.

Today’s such a pretty date. Remember when I told you that the number eight’s my favorite? It just so happens that you’re my favorite person, too, and I definitely find that fact endearing more than anything. I know this letter may seem very last minute, considering I’m typing away as gracefully as I could before the clock strikes midnight in my place. Nothing, not even this headache I’m having, could get in the way of me wanting you to have something to cherish in the longest time. Trust me when I say this is simply the first love letter that I’ll be giving to you out of the many ones that will come your way in the future when you least expect it, heh.

You are the love that came without warning;
You had my heart before I could say no.

When I first met you, I never expected to end up with you like this. In love and feeling nothing but utter happiness. We were both dealing with our own internal conflicts at that time, and I can only be grateful that I didn’t choose to ghost the place I stayed at with you. I genuinely thought you’d be nothing more than a fleeting source of warmth and comfort for me once the place officially closed down, because we both had, and still have up till now, a no strings attached kind of label imprinted upon ourselves. And that was okay, because I knew we’re still in the process of healing each of our own scars.

I’m happy that in this messed up world we’re currently living in, I was able to find you.
My safe haven.

But hey, look at how far we’ve made it. Every passing day with you brings me nothing but complete bliss. You never fail to paint the sincerest of smiles on my face. You smother me with the softest (even the sloppiest ones—but I’m not going to disclose that here, aha.) kisses and I absolutely love it. You’re always there to provide me a strong pair of arms I could burrow myself into on days where I just want to lose myself within your embrace and nothing else. You’re always there to lend me a listening ear and a shoulder to cry on whenever I feel down and under the weather, and I appreciate that very much. I’m normally not entirely good when it comes to expressing myself and how I feel, but I don’t know… with you, everything feels easy. I could talk about literally quite anything without feeling like I’d be judged for it. Nothing feels forced and uncomfortable with you, at all. I’ve shown you my most vulnerable sides and that says a lot, baby.

Let me take care of you too, angel.

I hope you’ll always remember that I’m always here for you. I want to make you happy as much as you do to me for the following days and months to come ahead of us. I want to make you feel loved, needed, wanted, because you are, Cade. I’m utterly in love with you, and I want you to keep it embedded in your mind how much you mean to me. I’ll never stray far from your side and I'll be here hold your hand through anything, and that’s a promise I’m more than willing to keep. So don’t let go just yet, hm?

I love you.