A Bark in the Park
He nudged his snout into my palm, warm and solid, the way Alan did with his hands when I was spiraling—gentle but grounding.
I closed my eyes and leaned my head back against the wall.
When I arrived in New York, I was supposed to be a freshman, just figuring out my life and what I wanted to do with it. Dorms, classes, and bad cafeteria coffee. Maybe a quiet crush on the dog walker who I didn’t think would ever look at me with interest. I didn’t come here looking for war. For secrets. For mafia entanglements, rescue missions, and backroom blueprints lit by cold monitors and colder truths.
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