ROMAN
I woke up to the soft glow of dawn pouring through the heavy curtains of my room. The events of the past few days had been a whirlwind of chaos and sorrow, but for the first time in what felt like forever, I woke up with a sense of peace, and that was only happening because of one person. I turned my head to see Millie still sleeping soundly in the bed, her breathing steady and her face serene.
I had decided to sleep on the couch, not wanting to overstep any boundaries, but just being in the same room as her had brought me a kind of comfort I hadn’t known I needed. Even with everything going on, I was not as lost as I thought I would be. Being close to her brought me a deep sense of peace that I could not even fathom. No one has ever brought me that kind of peace before. It was a
