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Chapter 12: Unexpected Warmth

作者: ARI✨✨
last update 公開日: 2026-03-24 15:00:54

Sam's POV

Windows let in light where dust danced above shelves crammed with yellowed pages. That familiar scent lingered - not just polish with a hint of lemon - but traces too of her favorite fragrance, the one like grapefruit rind scraped fresh at dawn. Back then, streets glistened under gray skies waiting to break open. Mornings there felt much like this: quiet, edged with moisture, holding breath.

The latch snapped shut after we stepped inside.

A quiet space, only us

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