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I don’t feel my phone vibrate.
I don’t feel time moving.
I just watch.
Wait.
Guard.
Five minutes pass.
Ten.
Fifteen.
KAEL: Where are you?
ME: Outside.
KAEL: Her building?
ME: Yeah.
KAEL: I can take over.
ME: Not yet.
KAEL: Atlas—
ME: I’m not leaving her.
There’s a long pause.
KAEL: I’ll bring coffee.
KAEL: And gloves.
KAEL: You’ll freeze your hands off out there.
ME: Hands work fine.
KAEL: I’m coming anyway.
I huff a breath.
Almost a laugh.
Almost.
I pocket my phone and keep watching her window.
I picture her curled against Finn’s chest.
Breathing steadily.
Warm.
Safe.
