FOR HER SAKE
“You’re impossible.”
“And you love it.”
“I do,” she admitted, almost shyly.
He opened one eye, mock serious. “Say it louder. For science.”
She groaned. “You’re the worst.”
“But loved,” he said, grinning.
“Barely.”
He leaned closer, voice dropping. “Enough.”
Ruby smiled, eyes closing again. “Yeah,” she whispered. “Enough.”
The morning light crept higher, painting their small, imperfect home gold. Somewhere outside, the city kept spinning, louder, faster, always chasing something. But in this little corner, time had finally slowed down enough for them to just be.
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