He surprised me when he suggested we find a book to read together for the first time, so I made it a mission to find a book with our favorite tropes and a blurb that gave us chills. By the time we ring up our haul, the clerk tells us we picked great selections. I take a few steps away and check my phone when she rings up the final books so that I don’t have to see that total. He wasn’t lying when he said I could have any book I fucking wanted in that store.
