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"There's nothing here for you anymore Gabriel! Nothing here for me either! It's over! So just stop trying!" Sam screams at Gabe, who has tears in his eyes.
Gabriel runs out of the apartment slamming the door behind him. He runs down a set of stairs before he stops and grips the railing, gasping for breath. He chokes on his sobs, trying to control himself, but ultimately failing.
After failing at trying to control himself, Gabe runs down two more flights if stairs. They led to an open street and he continues to sob. Gabe clutches at his chest, trying to stop all the emotions pushing to be free.
He leans against the brick wall of the building, crying his eyes out. A car drives by every few minutes, splashing loudly as they pass Gabriel. He looked up to see the sky clear after the downpour of rain that had stopped only half an hour ago. He could see the stars dotting the sky in an unorganized fashion. So bright and clear, even through the lights of the streetlamps.
Eight years. Eight years of marriage and Sam is done. Done with all of it. Almost ironic since Sam was the one who said he loved Gabriel for years. Since Junior year of high school. Yet here Gabriel is, crying and sobbing over the lost love.
He looks down at his hand and finds the ring Sam gave him long ago. It hurt to look at it, they're still married, but there's no doubt the divorce papers will come soon. It could be in the morning that they arrive.
Gabe pulls the ring off his finger and through blurry eyes reads the writing on it. "I love you." written in his favorite language. Enochian. Gabriel loved mythology, Christianity being his favorite to study even though he wasn't one. Maybe it was because he was named after one of he most powerful angels, or because all of his siblings were named after angels.
The words just brought so much more emotion. Sam said he loved him. He took time to get him a ring. He spent more money to get it customized. He remembered what his favorite language was, wrote "I love you" in it. The words that once brought a smile to Gabriel's face, mock him now that it's all over.
Throwing it down on frustration, Gabe walks away. Away from the life he thought would be great. Living with the love of his life, having a job that he loves and not one in some cubicle he hates five days of the week.
He still loved Sam, but Sam didn't love him back. Not anymore. Eight years of marriage. A year and a half of engagement. Another two years of a just a romantic relationship. Two and half years of him not knowing Sam loved him. All gone. All of them gone, never to come back. Never going to be made right.
All these thoughts fill Gabriel's thoughts. There was no remembering the good things anymore. They just brought pain to his heart. He still loved Sam, he couldn't bear the thought of just leaving, but he was. He was leaving tonight, and there was no turning back. Sam was right, there's nothing for him here anymore.