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Declan's Turn

Author: Koko
last update publish date: 2026-09-23 18:11:42

The first deliberate date night fell to Wren and Declan, a Friday evening carved carefully out of the calendar, Rory taking the children for a planned overnight at Eleanor's so the evening could stretch, unhurried, without the usual pull of bedtime routines.

"I feel strangely nervous," Wren admitted, getting ready, Declan watching her from the bedroom doorway with obvious amusement. "We've been married for years. Why does this feel like a first date?"

"Because we haven't actually done this, jus
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