All He Needed

She watched him walking away as her heart sank to her toes.  She couldn't let it end like this.  His words still burning her mind were heavy on her chest. 
I just want to hear you say yes.  Say you trust me.
"Wait!"  She cried.  The tears staining the sweatshirt that was suffocating her dotted the fabric in a dismal pattern of pain.  The clouds parted and the earth stopped spinning as he turned around.  Did she mean it?  Could she try to let him put the pieces back together.
"Please, I'm just scared."  She whispered.
Those blue eyes cut into her soul to a depth no other human had found.  How could he still love her when she let him see it all?  When he saw all of her issues, he'd be sure to leave.  But until he left, she couldn't let him walk away wanting her and thinking she didn't want him.  Time slowed as he crossed the space between them and his hands were on her elbows.
"Trust me.  Just say you trust me."  He whispered, searching her eyes for some hint of hopeful truth.
"I can try."
And that was all he needed.
He crushed her to his chest, the girl with the dazzling smile and the ocean colored eyes.  His whole world was in his arms and never in his life had he felt more scared or more sure of anything he'd ever done.  He could put her back together, even though she was beautiful in all her broken pieces.  All she ever wanted was to be whole again, and if it took him forever, that was what he was going to do.