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“I know.”

“You gonna keep doing that?”

“For the rest of my life,” he says softly.

And maybe it should feel too big.

Too soon.

Too much.

It doesn’t.

“I love you,” I whispered.

His breath caught. His hand tightened on me like I’d just handed him something breakable.

“I’ve loved you longer than I knew what to call it, Stells.”

Tears burned behind my eyes.

“I think some part of me always did too.”