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I leaned on his chest. It felt like home, inside his arms, against his chest.

“I wished I had been here back then. I wished I could do something. Ugh, no. I wished none of that had ever happened.” he whispered, his jaw tightening.

“If none of that had happened, I wouldn’t know his true colors. I wouldn’t know he had that side of him. I had always known him for being the kindest, the sweetest. But he wasn’t everything I knew. And also…” I met his gaze again. “If none of that happened, I would never do what I did. I wouldn’t be there, on the rooftop, experiencing...