SLOW BURN (Rae) I wasn't looking for him. I was trying to forget my grief, mistakes, the life I thought I was supposed to have. One afternoon. One bar. One stranger with a worn jacket and tired eyes. And suddenly I was standing in the middle of something I didn't understand yet. He didn't promise forever. He didn't try to rewrite me. He stayed. Even when staying meant monsters, secrets, and blood on the floor. (Dean) I wasn't looking for anything when I rolled into that college town. Just a drink. A night where nobody knew my name. Then there was her. One night turned into consequences I couldn't outrun. A child I didn't know how to protect from the world I live in, and a woman who refused to be kept in the dark. Protecting her is instinct. Protecting our child is survival. Convincing myself I won't destroy them both? That's the real fight.
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