“I—don’t see your point,” I manage, my voice too loud. His brows rise, his hand still lingering above my ear. “You don’t?” It requires an incredible amount of strength just to speak. “No. And—” I push down the odd lump in my throat. Do my best to sound as flippant as possible. “I think you’re not giving our—peers enough credit. They have some discipline, you know. It’s not like they’re going to try and sneak off into the cabins to make out just because the view’s pretty and someone touched their hair—” “Not even if they did this?” he asks quietly, and he leans forward. All at once he’s too
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