title song - juliet (cavetown) fem!mc x cove lemon. this story is based in step 3, both mc and cove are 18, post-grad. this takes place after the 18+ patreon dlc. spoilers don't acually ruin the story at all, but the contents from the dlc will be referenced. the song title is a reference to kyra calling cove "romeo" in step 2, because i think it's the cutest thing ever. mc will be referred to as "mc". first-person for the most part, but she/her pronouns for mc may be used. she is based on a personal oc. PROLOGUE: (patreon dlc spoilers) cliff holden left for work in the early morning before you or cove woke up. cove holden. your neighbor, your childhood best friend, your new boyfriend. cliff will never know what happened in his house before he got home late last night. You sit at the holdens' kitchen island, grazing on random breakfast foods. It's the morning after your sleepover with cove at his father's house. He just asked you to move in with him when he gets his own place. you said yes, of course. you feel even closer to cove, especially after sharing your first time with him last night, as mildly awkward as it as. It was important for the boundary-building, comfort, and communication in thst more intimate part of your relationship. With that very first time out of the way, you feel much more liberated and your initiative has heightened. exploration and discovery are very important for the health of your budding relationship, after all. Having the house along again and the lingering passion of last night mixed with daydreaming of your future life living together... it's made you a little braver. Not to mention cove's precious bedhead and raspy morning voice...