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I hold my hand out and demand he hand over his phone, promising I’ll get a virtual cart started for him, and he can secretly add whatever he likes.
He hums like he’s considering my offer, then acquiesces.
After less than a minute, I have added a few products to the cart and hand it back.
I wait for him to say something about my period products, but he doesn’t. My period isn’t due for another two weeks, but with how things are going, maybe I’ll be here longer than expected. Better safe than sorry.
The prince gives me the side eye. “No peeking,” he says.
I show him my palms in a gesture of surrender. “Just going over here to watch some TV,” I say.
When he finally comes to the couch and sits beside me, he adjusts his frame for what feels like ten minutes.
“What?” Sigurd asks.
I smile. “You look like a bear who doesn’t know what to make of a sofa.”
“I don’t.”
“Do you ever just, like, sit and do nothing?”
“That’s what campfires are for.”
“Campfires require skill and work, and then you have to watch them so things don’t get out of control.”
A grunt.
“Think of TV like an indoor campfire. But one that turns on with a remote. And it’s got pictures to look at instead of fire.”
“An indoor campfire is a fireplace,” he contradicts.
“TV time,” I chirp.
“Can we move the TV outside?”
“No.”
“Darn.”
I snuggle in next to him and show him the remote. “Do you want to choose something to watch, or do you want me to?”
“I don’t watch much TV. You pick.”
“I’m shocked.”
Another grunt, but at least there’s a smile in the midst of it.
I click on the TV and settle on a rom-com.
“I’ll fire this up, and you go get snacks.”
“Does the TV roast food for you as well?”
I shove playfully at his hard chest. “Crackers. Cheese, Grapes. Pickles. Hummus and bread. Do you want me to get it?”
“No, I’ll do it. You stay there and apply some more of this.”
Out of nowhere, he hands me the bottle of aloe. I take it from him, and he doesn’t see me rolling my eyes even as my stomach warms at the thought that he’s so concerned, still, that my sunburn hurts.
