Collision on Ice
“There she is.”
“I’ve been smiling the whole time.”
“You’ve been smiling politely. This is different. This is an actual smile.”
“You’re ridiculous.”
“I’m delightful, there’s a difference.” He bumped his shoulder against mine lightly, easy, uncomplicated, and I let myself lean into it for a second, grateful for the simplicity of it, the total absence of the strange, charged uncertainty that had been sitting in my chest for days.
I didn’t notice Jace until it was too late to pretend I hadn’t seen him, standing near the edge of the quad by the athletics building, gym bag over one shoulder, clearly on his way somewhere before he’d stopped, watching us.