THE LINE BETWEEN US
His grin lingered, and for the first time in days, the tension around us felt lighter.
“I’ll even let you pick the movie,” I added teasingly.
“Oh, dangerous,” he said, laughing. “You’ll regret giving me that power.”
“I already do,” I replied, and we both laughed. The sound came easy, like slipping back into something familiar.
For a moment, everything felt normal again, like it used to before the walls started building between us.
When lunch ended, we walked out together. He smiled. Not the forced kind he wore around lately, but a real one. I knew the difference.
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