MINE TO BULLY
"It happens to me sometimes."
"That's not really how allergies work."
"It's how mine work."
"Ezra." He crossed his arms, not buying it for a second. "Name one allergy that swells your lip like that."
"Pollen."
"It's basically winter."
"Late pollen. It's a thing. Look it up."
He gave me a long, unconvinced look, the kind that said he knew exactly what he wasn't being told, but he didn't push it, because that was who Daniel was .... patient, easy, never forcing a door I wasn't ready to open.