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“Don’t got a name, huh?” Juck smiled. “Well, you do now, Bones.”
“The gods sent an angel, all for me,” Juck said reverently in her ear.
The wind whipped the tears out of her eyes and left them somewhere behind, along with her name.
“Bones, you don’t have to hide the soft parts of you. Not from me,” he murmured. “No matter what’s goin’ on between us, I will never use them to hurt you.”
“Listen. You’re part of my crew, my family. We take care of each other.” “I know—” “I’m not gonna let anybody hurt you again.” His voice was raspy and I couldn’t tell if it was from emotion or the fever. His intense eyes held mine. I wanted to tell him to not say shit like that, to not make promises he couldn’t keep, but instead, I just forced a slight smile. “I know. I believe you.”
“I’m here ’cause those couple times you let me in before you got scared and pushed me away, I saw how much you cared. Then I watched you build those walls back up because you were afraid. And I don’t know if you’re afraid that I’ll hurt you or that you’ll hurt me, but I will give it my all showin’ you that you can trust me.”
“If you don’t want me, I’ll find a way to live with that, but I’m willin’ to risk my heart just in case the only thing holdin’ you back is that fear.”
“I’ll be your home as long as you need.”
“Do I get to kiss you whenever I want?”
“You’re not very good at hiding how you feel,” I murmured with a smile, reaching up to brush his wavy hair out of his eyes. “You live everything you believe out loud.”
“Darlin’,” he interrupted, his voice rough with emotion, “I’ll find you again in another lifetime. Maybe there we’ll have more time.” His voice cracked. “I love you.”
Trey had just seemed so different, like he was somehow exempt from the awful reality I’d seen, like he couldn’t end up dead like everyone else because he was so full of life. There couldn’t be a time after Trey just like there couldn’t be a time after the sun. Yet here I found myself, lost in that after with no idea how to keep going.
