Day three and I was getting used to thiswaking up slow, no alarms, no rushing, just existing Damon was already awake, I could hear him outside on the deckI found him with coffee, looking at the ocean, not his phone, not his laptop, just the ocean“Morning,” I said“Morning.” He handed me a cup. “Thought you’d sleep longer.”“Missed you.”He looked at me, surprised“What?” I asked“Nothing, just...you said that so easily.”“Said what?”“That you missed me, like it’s simple.”“It is simple.”“Is it?”“Yeah, I woke up, you weren’t there, I missed you, simple.”Something crossed his face, soft and a bit vulnerable“Come here,” he saidI did, he pulled me close and we stood there drinking coffee, watching waves“What do you want to do today?” he asked“This, exactly this.”“We can’t just stand here all day.”“Why not?”“Because...” He stopped, then laughed quietly. “Actually, I don’t have a good reason.”“Then let’s stand here all day.”We didn’t actually stand there all day but we came
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