Solana's POV
For a full minute, I stood frozen, eyes wide, mouth slightly agape. It wasn’t just that he bought me dresses. It was 'why' he did it. He remembered. He thought I’d love them, maybe because I never had them growing up.
I could afford them now, being a nurse paid well enough. But it had never crossed my mind. I always chose comfort over anything else. I didn’t have the time for pretty things. I didn’t think I deserved them.
But right now, even though I have no where to wear them to, something about the gesture made my chest tighten. It still made me feel a certain way— special, cared for. Or maybe I was just stunned by the fact that he noticed. It beckoned to that child in me, the one I didn't really allow to be a child.
"Check them out, Wildcat." He urged me gently, and my
