That finally made me smile slightly and his fingers brushed slowly against my arm while silence settled again. Then his voice dropped lower.
“I meant what I said earlier.” He said.
“About what?” I asked looking up at him.
“Losing you.” He said.
The honesty in his face made my chest ache unexpectedly.
“I can’t handle that. I know that now.” He admitted.
I didn’t know what to say to that because nobody had every looked at me like I mattered enough to destroy them before.
Eventually exhaustion pulled both of us into sleep.
The next morning loud knocking in the living room shattered the silence.
I groaned while Drake instantly sat upright beside me reaching for the gun near the mattress.
“Relax. That sounds like Finn.” I muttered sleepily.
Drake looked irritated and we cli
