Chapter 31
He stared at her for a long while and finally came to sit beside her on the couch. She wanted to curl up next to him and have him hold her, but that was out of the question. Their relationship wasn’t like that, and it would be crossing the line. It was nice to have him closer, though.
“That’s fine,” he said. “Are you… hungry or anything? I don’t know what would help you? A hot shower?”
She shook her head. “Thanks. Maybe like… do you have any soup? I’m so cold.”
He nodded. “Yeah. I get that. I remember that feeling when I woke up the night after…” he seemed to change his mind about what he was going to say. “It’s a horrible feeling. The hottest shower in the world wouldn’t wash away that shame and dirty feeling, and it didn’t warm me much.” He stood and paused, then picked up
