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Chapter 86

作者: Gem
last update 最終更新日: 2025-06-30 23:24:34

POV: Brandon

I was alive. Barely. But alive.

Three days of the worst cold known to mankind had left me emotionally drained, physically weak, and spiritually annoying. Which, let’s be honest, is my default setting anyway.

Cameron had finally stopped hovering—kind of. He still gave me this Look every time I sniffled too loud, like I’d personally offended his immune system. But I was mobile now. Up. Showered. Wearing real pants. Mostly.

“Are you sure you’re okay?” Cameron asked, standing in the doorway of his bedroom with his arms crossed, aka Grump Mode Level One.

I smiled weakly from the couch. “I only almost died.”

He rolled his eyes. “You had a cold, Brandon. Not the plague.”

“You made me soup,” I reminded him, lifting a spoon like it was a trophy. “You love me.”

He opened his mouth. Closed it. Sighed. “Regret. So much regret.”

“Is that why you let me sleep on your shoulder like a baby koala?”

“I was trapped,” he shot back. “You latched onto me like a leech.”

“A cute leech,” I added.
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