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189. Only You

Author: Nightingale
last update publish date: 2026-03-13 23:59:28
Alex's POV:

The steam was everywhere now.

Thick and warm and closing the small space down to just this, just the tile and the running water and Blake standing in front of me soaking wet with his training shirt clinging to his shoulders and that particular expression he wore when he was trying to decide if he was going to say something or let the moment carry him.

I reached forward and took the hem of his training shirt in both hands.

He looked down at my hands and then back up at my face.

"Alex.
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