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Shadows between us
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Previously
…“No,” he said. “I’m not.” The kettle hissed quieter now. Rain tapped softly at the windows. Serena stared at him across the kitchen, and for a moment the space between them felt like a line stretched too thin. She was suddenly and vividly aware of how alone they were, how late it was, how much he had already seen of her at her worst. And of how much she was beginning to see of him. The thought made her chest feel strange. She looked down at her mug, then back up. “You should go home.” He didn’t answer immediately. When he did, his voice was low. “I know.” But he made no move to leave. And Serena, to her own growing alarm, did not want him to.