After a few stops, enough people have filed out that Orion and I are able to take a corner bench. He wraps an arm around my shoulders and lounges a leg across mine. I kiss him when he smiles at me, thinking about how everything is beginning for us, just like it should for two people who only met less than twenty-four hours ago. I don’t think we would’ve moved as quickly if I had all the time in the world, but that doesn’t mean I would’ve enjoyed the secret subway station and long walks on the bridge any less. I would’ve just wanted more, as I do now. “I think I’m going to have to make an ass
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