Daisy The amusement park should’ve felt like an escape. Instead, it felt like walking through a battlefield dressed up as joy.Bright lights stretched across the pathways in looping colors, stalls shouted over each other with laughter and music, and the scent of fried sugar, caramel, and popcorn hung thick in the air. Rides spun overhead in flashing arcs, screaming passengers cutting through the sky before dissolving into laughter again.Everything was loud, and alive, but still, I couldn’t breathe properly, because I was stuck between them.Caspian stayed close from the moment we arrived, like it was instinct more than intention now. His hand kept finding my lower back without warning, guiding me through crowds, and pulling me just slightly into him when someone passed too close. I noticed that this time it wasn't dramatic or performative. Just constant, like he couldn’t help it anymore.Octavian, on the other hand, didn’t touch me unless he had to, but he watched, and worse, he
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