Words

[intheheart]

Title: Words
Rating: PG
Summary: They really had so much in common.
Warnings: Brief nonexplicit mentions of depression.
Notes: none.


Hannah's mom was so thrilled when she started dating Jake. "Such a nice boy," she kept saying. "And a law student, just like you! You marry this boy, Hannah. So much in common!"

They really did have a lot in common. An interest in the law--though Hannah wanted to practice and Jake wanted to create. Intelligence and curiosity--they had conversations that lasted for hours. Words--sometimes they poked through the Oxford English Dictionary, and laughed at the strange words.

And yet.

He hurt all the time. All the time. He hid it well, mostly, but he hurt, and there wasn't anything Hannah could do to help him. And after a while she got tired of going around in circles, trying to be happy for the both of them, trying to make him smile, trying not to start hurting the way he did, all the time.

Hannah's mom didn't understand why she left him.

Sometimes there were no words.