The sun rose the same way it always had.I woke before Dominic, as I sometimes still did. The room was already touched with light. I lay still for a while, listening to the sound of his breathing beside me. It was slower now than it had been even a few years ago, but steady. Reliable. The sound of a man who had kept his promises.When I turned my head on the pillow, I saw that he was already awake. His eyes were open, looking at the ceiling the way he often did in the early mornings. He must have felt me move, because he turned toward me and gave me that small, familiar smile.“Morning,” he said, his voice rough with sleep.“Morning.”We did not get up right away. There was no rush anymore. The days no longer demanded anything from us except that we keep living them. After a while, Dominic reached over and took my hand under the blanket. We stayed like that until the light in the room grew brighter.Eventually we rose and dressed. Dominic moved more carefully now, but he still refused
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