***James***
I am feeling deeply euphoric right now.
I had hoped last night was going to go a little differently, except we had been annoyingly interrupted, and then the moment was entirely ruined by Jason knocking on the door.
But tonight? Tonight unfolded exactly as I had intended. From the moment I woke this morning, I had been set on this, on us. It was inevitable—something that had been hovering between us for far too long, growing stronger since that moment in the airport when we found our way back to each other.
Now, standing on the deck beneath a sky scattered with stars, I let the night air cool my skin as my thoughts drift. I have not felt like myself in a long time—not since I told Serena I loved her. Week by week, I have changed, little shifts in my mind, changes in my body,
