POV: GraysonMorning light filtered through my bedroom curtains, casting pale stripes across the duvet. Ivy was still asleep beside me, her wavy brown hair fanned across my pillow, one hand curled loosely against my chest.I hadn’t slept much. I kept waking most of the night, watching her breathe.Around three in the morning, she’d shifted closer in her sleep and mumbled something I couldn’t quite catch. Something that sounded almost like my name.The clock on my nightstand read 5:37 a.m. I was supposed to report for duty at seven. For the first time in weeks, I seriously considered calling in late.I could still squeeze in a little more time with Ivy. I couldn’t bring myself to move. Not when this—whatever this was—felt so fragile.Ivy stirred, her nose wrinkling. Then her eyes opened, hazy with sleep, and she looked up at me.“You’re staring,” she said, voice rough.“Observant.”“Creepy.”“I prefer ‘attentive.’”She laughed—a sleepy, unguarded sound that hit me somewhere deep in my
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