Marlowe
I heard about it the next morning secondhand, though Nova's glowing, unstoppable smile told most of the story before she'd said a single word.
"So," I said, grinning as she practically floated into the mess hall. "How'd it go?"
"I told him yes." She dropped into the seat across from me, still visibly overwhelmed by her own happiness. "Properly, this time. No laughing it off, no deflecting. Just — yes, I want to be more than just someone you're dating, Theo, and I want to actually mean it."
"And?"
"And he cried a little, which was extremely endearing, and then he tripped over the same bench he always trips over, which was extremely on brand, and then he kissed me properly for the first time without either of us being interrupted by an emergency." She laughed, warm and disbeliev
