Just Enough by Michelle Gross

Benjamin
I keep you in a place within reach, but I don’t dare seek you out. I keep you just enough, just enough to feel you close. You’re my best friend, but I know in my heart you’ve always been more.I don’t dare look too much, hold too much, or wish too much from you. But it’s always there between us, potent and underneath the layers I keep you hidden in until it’s too much, and it sends me searching to find another someone to hold.And when I find her, I know I’m safe again. Safe from the need to make you mine.

Emily
I’m within reach, but he never dares to seek me out. I will keep you always, just enough, just enough to feel you close, because I don’t see you as anything more than a best friend… until that line blurs.I’m too afraid to tiptoe any closer to where you are, where we could be, but when I think I’m finally going to try reaching for more of you, another someone lands in your arms instead.And when she does, I know I’m safe again. Safe from the need to let me be yours.