Somewhere along the way, the game faded.
What had once been playful testing, symbolic falls, and whispered challenges softened into something far more permanent. The bet that had once sparked curiosity now felt sacred — no longer a performance, no longer a question.
Because he had already proven it.
In every moment. In every pause. In every choice to remain when walking away would have been easier.
There was nothing left to measure. Nothing left to doubt.
So one quiet night, wrapped in the stillness of shared breath and familiar silence, Raylene finally spoke what her heart had already decided.
"I don't want to test you anymore," she murmured softly. "I just want to trust you."
There was no hesitation in him now. No need to think. No need to prove.
He simply turned toward her, eyes steady, voice gentle but certain.
"Then let's fall together."
Not as a challenge. Not as a promise measured in fear.
But as devotion.
Two souls choosing to surrender — not because they were afraid of the ground, but because they had finally realised the ground no longer existed between them.
What they held was stronger than any test. Stronger than doubt. Stronger than distance.
It was trust without condition. A bond shaped not by gravity…
But by love.