Sienna POVThat morning, after confirming he completed his therapy exercises, I surprised myself by canceling every meeting on my schedule. We stayed in bed together, curled up under the duvet. His arm rested around my waist while my head lay against his chest, and for a long time neither of us spoke. The silence felt warm rather than awkward, like we were both learning how to exist without urgency. Eventually, Lucian broke the silence. “When I was a kid,” he began slowly, his voice low and thoughtful, “other children used to make fun of me for being an only child. They said I was spoiled and lonely at the same time, which didn’t even make sense to me back then, but it still bothered me.” I shifted slightly, listening as his fingers traced absent patterns along my arm. “One day, I came home upset after school,” he continued. “My mother noticed immediately. She always did. She sat me down and told me something that changed everything. She said I wasn’t going to be alone anymore b
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