Carter exhaled softly. "You know, I didn't just come back for a visit."
Leo's heart pounded. "No?"
Carter shook his head. "I took a job here. I'll be staying."
Leo's stomach flipped. "Oh."
Carter chuckled, but it was softer this time, tinged with something more uncertain. "That's all you've got to say?"
Leo swallowed. "I... I don't know what to say."
Carter sighed and rubbed the back of his neck. "You know, when I left for Seattle, I didn't want to go without you. I thought--" He broke off, shaking his head. "Doesn't matter."
Leo's chest tightened. "It does."
Carter took a step closer. "Well," he murmured, "maybe this is our second chance."
Before Leo could respond, Carter's eyes flicked to something over his shoulder. "Oh, hell no."
"What?"
Carter suddenly bolted past him, divi
