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    “…Sometimes I still wake up like this in the middle of the night and forget,” he admits, his voice still a soft whisper in the dark. “I forget where I am, like I just borrowed this life, waiting for something to go wrong. But then I feel you against me, like this.”

    There’s another subtle movement as he carefully tightens his hold. “I can feel your warmth, the sheets, and your heartbeat, and it hits me over and over again that you’re real. That this is real.”

    It’s like he’s repeating the words to reassure the doubts in his head. You feel the urge just to open your eyes and kiss those insecurities away again, but he continues to whisper.

    “I can’t explain it yet but… loving you feels like- like standing in the sunlight after living underground for years, and my body keeps waiting for someone to tell me I’m not allowed to stay, but you let me,” he breathes. “You choose me, even when I don’t know how to choose myself.”

    As Caleb's hybrid dog past finally comes to light, you both finally have to face everything he can no longer run from.

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