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Morning After

Author: DELEPU
last update Last Updated: 2026-01-31 22:49:36

Morning came with light that was too bright.

Alina opened her eyes slowly—her head still heavy, her body felt like lead, her mouth dry with the familiar bitter taste of antibiotics.

It took a few seconds to orient herself.

She was in her room. In her bed.

But there was something different.

Warmth.

There was something warm beside her. Something breathing. Something that—

Memory from last night hit with brutal clarity.

Daniel.

Medicine forced in.

The kiss.

Tears.

Alina froze, not daring to move, not daring to open her eyes fully.

But she could feel—an arm wrapped around her waist, a chest rising and falling with regular breaths behind her, the warmth of another body too close.

Daniel was still here.

Still in her bed.

Still holding her.

Panic began creeping—slow but steady—in her chest.

She had to get up. Had to get out of this embrace. Had to—

"Don't move."

Daniel's voice—low, hoarse with remnants of sleep, whispering right in her ear.

Alina flinched slightly, but the arm around her wai
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