om was

. The kind that settles in the

still damp from the rain earlier that afternoon. The air was cool, the window cracked op

ack against the headboard, one h

had said much

exted

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had le

t into

tever this w

igh and the air thick with unsaid

quiet,"

when it

deways glance. "A

alm, direct. "This matters more t

roat was tight, her heart

thumb brushing over the edge of her sleeve. "I

his eyes,

just... don't want it to

she could feel the words leave his mouth.

e kiss

e the r

deeper. Slow

ed into him, her fingers curling around the front of his hoodie.

skin against hers felt like warmth after a long stor

gile but not broken. Like he wasn't trying to

s and silence, his arm draped loosely around

pens next. But I want

closed, heart fu

t time in years, she

felt