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Chapter 54: We Still Have Time to Grow
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The power returned just before sunrise. One soft click, and the fridge began to hum again. Lights blinked back on. The heater coughed awake. Lucas stirred in bed, eyes still closed. Elias lay beside him, already awake, watching the ceiling like it had something to say. “You feel that?” Lucas mumbled. Elias nodded. “Everything turned back on.” Lucas shifted under the blanket. “I liked the quiet, though.” “Me too,” Elias whispered. “We needed it.” Lucas opened his eyes slowly. “You think we’re different now?” Elias looked over at him. “No. I think we’re more honest now.” Lucas smiled softly. “Honest’s a good start.” Later, Lucas was folding laundry when he found one of Elias’s old sweaters. The blue one. The one Lucas used to steal just to sleep in when Elias traveled. He held it up, turning it in his hands. “You were always too small for that one,” Elias said, entering the room with two mugs. Lucas smirked. “Didn’t stop me.” “You looked like a kid in it.” Lucas shrugg
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The power went out just after six. One soft click like a breath being held and then everything fell quiet. The fridge stopped humming. The lightbulbs blinked once, gave up. Even the old radio on the shelf faded mid-song, its final note swallowed by the dark. Lucas blinked into the dimming room, eyes adjusting to the half-light. “Did we pay the bill?” he asked. From the hallway, Elias’s voice floated back. “Probably. But the whole street’s dark.” Lucas walked to the window, peeking between the blinds. Elias was right every apartment up and down the block had gone black, except for the flicker of candles in a few windows, and the far-off thrum of backup generators breaking the silence. “Well,” Lucas said, letting the blinds fall shut, “guess the universe wants us to slow down even more.” Elias came into the living room, leaning against the doorway with his arms crossed. His smirk caught the faint glow of the streetlight outside. “We already move like we’re living in some slow i
Betrayal Between the vows Chapter 57: Love That Doesn’t Rush
Lucas woke to a sound he hadn’t heard in years Elias humming in the kitchen. It wasn’t a song with words. Just a gentle tune, something that seemed to spill out without thought, like it had always lived in his chest. Lucas stayed still in bed for a moment, letting it fill the quiet. The air felt calm. Like nothing needed fixing. Like love, if given the space, could simply stay. Elias was frying eggs when Lucas shuffled in, hair a mess and eyes half-shut. “You’re up early,” Lucas muttered, rubbing his face. “You slept through two alarms,” Elias replied, smirking as he flipped the pan. Lucas yawned. “Maybe my body finally trusts this place again.” Elias slid a plate across the counter. “Then let’s feed that trust.” Lucas squinted at him. “You’re strangely poetic for a man who’s burned more toast than anyone I’ve ever met.” Elias lifted the bread triumphantly. “Didn’t burn it this time. Look at me personal growth.” Lucas chuckled, taking a seat. “Small wins.” They ate quiet
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The rain had stopped by morning, but the air still carried it damp, clean, the smell of wet pavement rising through the cracked-open window. Lucas woke first. He lay there listening to Elias’s breathing, the steady rhythm of it, like proof that he was really still here. He shifted carefully, sliding out of bed without waking him. In the kitchen, Lucas started coffee, the familiar hiss and drip grounding him. He leaned against the counter, mug in hand, trying to memorize the moment. Elias was in his apartment, in his bed, and the world hadn’t collapsed yet. “Don’t drink it all without me,” a voice said behind him. Lucas turned. Elias stood in the doorway, hair messy, shirt wrinkled, eyes half-lidded with sleep. Lucas smirked. “You look like you fought a storm.” Elias rubbed his eyes. “I did. In my head.” Lucas poured him a mug. “Did you win?” “Not sure,” Elias said, taking it. “Ask me after the caffeine.” They sat at the little kitchen table. Neither spoke much at first. They
Betrayal Between the vows CHAPTER 55: I Remember Who We Are Now
Rain tapped gently against the window that morning. Not loud enough to distract, not heavy enough to demand notice just soft, steady, and patient, the way memories sometimes returned. Lucas sat on the floor with his legs crossed, surrounded by little piles of paper old receipts, grocery lists, letters folded and unfolded until the creases wore thin. His hands moved slowly, as if every scrap of paper had weight. Elias was behind him, stretched across the couch, a book open in his lap. He’d been “reading” the same page for half an hour. His eyes moved, but they weren’t absorbing anything. His thoughts were somewhere else just like Lucas’s. “You ever think about how we started?” Lucas asked. His voice wasn’t more than a murmur, but it filled the quiet space between them. Elias looked up, brows lifting slightly. “All the time.” Lucas held up a crumpled movie ticket, the ink faded but still legible. “This was the night you told me you liked my hands.” Elias’s mouth curved into a gri
Betrayal Between the vows Chapter 54: We Still Have Time to Grow
The weather changed that week. The air turned warmer, like the city was slowly waking from something. Windows stayed open longer. The breeze felt softer. Even the floor in their apartment didn’t creak as much. Lucas stood on the balcony that morning, drinking cold tea from last night. Elias stepped out barefoot, still in his T-shirt from sleep. He looked at Lucas for a long second, then leaned on the rail beside him. “Feels different today,” Elias said. Lucas nodded. “It does.” “Like something’s shifting.” Lucas looked down at the street. “Maybe it’s us.” Elias glanced at him. “You scared?” Lucas thought about it, then said, “No. I’m just careful now. With joy. With peace. I don’t want to break them by holding too tight.” Elias bumped their shoulders together. “We won’t break this. Not if we keep growing.” They spent the afternoon cleaning the fridge. Lucas found an expired jar of olives. Elias found a note from Jesse stuck behind the ketchup bottle. It read: > If y’all
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