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The Line

Author: E L Simon
last update publish date: 2025-07-25 06:57:22

Noah couldn’t breathe.

He knelt there, forehead pressed to Sterling’s hand, his fingers fisting the expensive slacks like they were the only thing keeping him grounded. Like if he let go, everything might fall apart.

Sterling wasn’t moving.

The silence was stretching, thick and suffocating. Noah’s heart pounded in his ears, a deafening reminder that he might have just laid himself bare for nothing. That he might have misread everything.

He squeezed his eyes shut tighter, jaw clenched.

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