I Want You, Simon

Samira thought about her actions. Did she feel insecure ever since he first brought up Betty? Yes. Was that fair? Yes. Was it Simon's fault? No.

All that Samira ever wanted was to feel loved unconditionally. To be someone's everything and she finally felt that way with Simon, but all those firsts went to Betty. Betty who was perfect in his eyes, who was his everything when he was hers.

But it wasn't his fault that he met her before Sami. It wasn't his fault that this tragedy befell him, this trauma that took him so long to heal from. In fact I'd it weren't for Betty, Simon wouldn't even be here for her to love. She should thank her for giving Simon a second chance at life. But that was it, Samira wanted to be her. For all the things did for Simon, all the things she was for Simon.

Except...

He's told her himself that many a thing was wrong with their relationship, that he'd been looking at it with an idealized eye. That nothing was at it seemed. So did that mean...she wanted perfect, but she wasn't, and neither was Betty nor Simon?
Did Simon even want perfect? It didn't seem so. Perfect was still and unchanging, and he'd made it clear that his favorite thing about her was how dynamic she was. He loved her change. Why couldn't she love her when she loved him and he loved her the same? What was stopping her now?

Nothing.

There was a knock on her door.
Samira wasn't necessarily in the mood to be around herself right now let alone other people, but she took the energy to trudge to the banging door and open it. It was Simon.
She started at the man with no words. Surely he had something to say if he took the time to come over here knowing she was upset with him. They stood wordlessly for a moment before he spoke.
    "You were right," he said, letting the words hang in the air.
    "About what?" She asked, annoyance creeping up on her every second she stood looking at his beautiful face
    "You are everything."
Her eyes widened at the sincerity of his speech, especially at the fact that he brought up something that until this moment, she had forgotten that she'd even said.
    "I am so sorry for hurting you with having that picture of Betty in such an easily accessible place." he took a breath "I think my issue is that I was focusing on the past where Betty was my only thing to cling to in this world that was so different from the one I'm used to. Back then, she was a constant thought in my head. But because I was focusing on that, I never realized, that I'm changing too. And in all this time that I've spent with you, while yes Betty is a part of my mind that may never go away, that part has gotten much smaller. And the rest of it, is you."
Samira takes in his words and tries to hold back tears, but it does not work. And soon Simon is tearing up as well.
    "Since the first conversation we had at the library, whenever I'm not with you, I want to be. And when I am, I'm wishing those moments could last forever. I want to be near you, beside you, close to you. I want to help you, hold you, be with you. Whether you're laughing or crying, I want to be there."
He grabs her hands "Yes I loved Betty. But I won't let that stop me from living. Living and loving you. So you were right. It IS you. You are everything. I see you, and I love you."
Samira bursts into tears and embraced him as they both held each other and cried tears of joy and relief that all those moments in the past no longer mattered, because they were here now. They were together. They were in love. And they were everything