Title: Deadline
Author: Nora
Pairing: Cath/Sara
Disclaimer: I do not own them.
Rating: PG
Author"s Notes: A five word challenge that I set myself. limit - pressure - understand - exposed - listen.

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"You don't listen to me anymore," she says, her arms wrapped around her legs tightly.

She's right, though. You don't listen to her.

You say you"re sorry, that the pressure of the relationship is too much and that you don't want to be as exposed as you feel.

She doesn't understand, but then you never expected her to. She's the child of the relationship.

"You have to decide soon, Sara."

She says it like you can snap your fingers and change the world. "I'm sorry," you say again, your face straight and unmoved. "You can't give me a time limit, a deadline for when I'm meant to love you."

She doesn't understand, but then she never did.

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