Cracker’s POV “How long did you have together?” Steel asked softly, kissing my temple. I just sighed and leaned into him, ignoring that I shouldn’t be doing that. I was too tired to fight it and too emotionally drained to wonder about it. All I knew for now was that while I needed someone to hold me, Steel had been there. Picking me up and keeping me in his arms while I cried for the friend I’d lost… He had picked me up off the floor and sat us down on the couch, cradling me like a lost child. I’d cried my heart out into his chest and was now left with a strange feeling of emptiness… “I found him just after Jasper moved,” I replied, letting my thumb glide over the golden pate that had his name engraved on it. I could hardly believe it had been 7 years since he became a permanent fixture

