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They see them share a look.
A what if look.
It's not the first time they see this look between the two of them,
nor will it be the last.
They know this,
Knew it when they married them.
They too share a look.
Not a look of love, lost, or wonderment.
No.
It's a different kind of what if look.
A look that says what if we had been brave enough to let them go.
To let them be together.
A look that says had they been braver they would have let them go.
Would have let them get together.
They share a look of knowing what it's like to be in second place.
Happy yet a feeling of loss.
Knowing that they will never be number one in the hearts of the people that they Love.
They share a look of weakness,
because had they been stronger they would have left those two long ago telling them that they belong with one another.
but they think in some cases being someone's second choice is better then being someone's first.
They know what good people they married.
That while they may never come first that they are still loved.
Still desired.
Yet they are still so weak because if they loved them just a little bit more they would have told them long ago to go for it.
But love is sometimes selfish and wants what it wants.
They share a look these two, sometimes, every once in a while.
A look of second choice of second place and for a brief moment wonder what would have happened had they been braver.
But love is selfish sometimes and life goes on.
and they break that look and look at the reality of their weakness and their selfishness.
They look at all that surrounds them.
Family and Friends.
Their kids.
Her husband and His wife.
They probably would not have had this,
had they been braver,
and sometimes they think being weak can turn out just fine even if you are second best.