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Cameron’s POVSomething was wrong.Not in the way it had been before, when everything inside me was too controlled, too precise, too… empty.This was different.This felt unstable.“Something is coming,” I said again, my voice quieter now, but more certain.Brandon didn’t let go of my hand.“Okay,” he said, his tone steady even though I could feel the tension in his grip, “then we face it together.”“No,” I replied immediately.He frowned.“No?” he repeated. “What do you mean no?”I shook my head slightly, trying to process what I was feeling, what I was remembering, what was trying to surface all at once.“This is not external,” I said. “It is internal.”Wilson made a small, panicked sound behind us.“I do not like internal problems,” he said. “External problems can be avoided. Internal problems sound like breakdowns.”Irene stepped closer.“What kind of internal?” she asked. “Memory? Programming? Physical response?”“Yes,” I said.“That is not helpful,” she replied.“I am aware,” I

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Brandon’s POV“Say it again,” Cameron said, his voice unsteady in a way I had never heard before, like every word was slipping through something he could not fully control.“I love you,” I said immediately, without hesitation, without thinking, because there was nothing to think about anymore except keeping him here.“Again,” he said.“I love you,” I repeated, louder this time, firmer, like I could force it to stay inside him if I said it enough times.Wilson let out a quiet breath behind me. “Okay, this is intense, but I support it, please continue,” he said nervously.“Again,” Cameron said.“I love you,” I said, my voice starting to shake now.“I am trying to hold onto it,” he said, his words slower, strained, like something was pulling them away even as he spoke them.“Then don’t let it go,” I said quickly. “Just focus on me, focus on my voice.”“I am,” he said, but he winced slightly, his expression tightening. “But it is… fading.”“No, no, no,” I said, shaking my head. “It’s not

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Brandon’s POV“Us?” Cameron repeated, and the way he said the word made it sound unfamiliar, like it was something he had never understood before even though I knew it used to define everything between us.“Yes, us,” I said, forcing my voice to remain steady even though my chest felt tight with fear, because I knew that if I allowed myself to fall apart now then there would be nothing left holding him here with me.“That term implies a connection,” he said slowly, his tone still controlled but no longer immediate, as though he was actually thinking about what I had said instead of dismissing it without consideration. “I do not currently possess evidence of such a connection.”“That is because someone took it from you,” I replied quickly, refusing to let the moment slip away. “It is not because it never existed.”“That is a possibility,” he said, and the fact that he even acknowledged that made something in me lift slightly, because a possibility meant doubt, and doubt meant he was not

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Cameron’s POVThe kiss ended slowly, but the feeling did not disappear with it.For a few seconds, nobody spoke.The wind moved across the rooftop, carrying the cool night air around us, but I barely noticed it. My attention stayed fixed on Brandon. He was standing directly in front of me, and his expression was impossible to understand completely. He looked hopeful, nervous, scared, and determined all at the same time.I did not understand why.I did not understand why he kept looking at me like I was someone important.I did not understand why my chest felt strange every time he spoke.Most importantly, I did not understand why I had not stepped away.“Did you feel anything?” Brandon asked quietly.I frowned slightly.“That is a vague question.”Brandon let out a small breath and rubbed the back of his neck.“Okay, let me ask it differently. When I kissed you, did it feel familiar?”I immediately wanted to say no.The answer should have been no.It would have been the logical answer

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