“What are you doing?” I ask, and he lifts his face to look at me.
“All of this smells like you.” He gives me a smile, but it’s a sad one. “I… I thought… please don’t ever do that to me again. I thought I’d never see you again, and nothing has ever felt worse, Rora.”
I lie down next to him and wrap my arms around him tightly.
“I’m fine. Nothing happened to me.”
Jeremy rests his face against my chest as he speaks. “I was so f*****g scared when Tyler called the police and they told him about the accident,” he says, and I run my fingers slowly through his hair. “Just the thought of you… f**k, I can’t—” His voice breaks.
“I’m fine, Jeremy.” He lifts his face to look at me. “I’m right here, with you.”
His eyes trace every inch of my face, but they linger on my lips.
“Yeah, you’re here.” H
