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To Wait

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last update Last Updated: 2025-07-03 15:20:39

Noah's Pov.

The moment River walked out that door, it felt like everything in me went quiet.

Like someone had turned off the sound in the world. No footsteps. No heartbeat. Just silence.

I didn’t move for a while. Couldn’t. I stood there in the middle of the room, still shirtless, the cold air brushing against my skin but not waking me up from whatever this was. It didn’t feel real. Or maybe it felt too real. Too raw.

The blanket was still on the floor where it fell. His warmth was still trapped in it. I almost reached for it, like maybe if I picked it up, I could pretend he was still here. But my hands didn’t move. My chest just rose and fell like I’d run five miles with nothing chasing me but my own thoughts.

River was gone.

And I had no idea if he was coming back.

I sat down slowly on the edge of the bed, elbows resting on my knees. I rubbed my hands through my hair, over and over again, like maybe I could scrub away the night. Or make sense of it.

But I remembered it.

I remembered
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