Chapter 26: Too Close
Oliver’s eyes fluttered open to a ceiling he didn’t recognize.
For a second, he smiled—slow, content, warm in the chest kind of smile. The kind you woke up with when life felt good. He was in Del’s house. In a bed that wasn’t his, but was starting to feel like it could be. The room was still dim, s...
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1: Meet Cute
2. Chapter 2: I Bother With Purpose
3. Chapter 3: Daniel
4. Chapter 4: Naked Shall You Return
5. Chapter 5: The Price of Salvation
6. Chapter 6: April is Too Spring-y
7. Chapter 7: The Golden Boy and the Serial Offender
8. Chapter 8: Rain Delay
9. Chapter 9: Not Really Here
10. Chapter 10: All The Wrong Places
11. Chapter 11: Room For One More
12. Chapter 12: Tell Me Something Good
13. Chapter 13: Cat-fishing
14. Chapter 14: A Knock At The Storm
15. Chapter 15: The One Who Showed Up
16. Chapter 16: One Month Probation
17. Chapter 17: Borrowed Things
18. Chapter 18: Two Cinnamon Rolls
19. Chapter 19: For Research Only
20. Chapter 20: The Shelter’s New Volunteer
21. Chapter 21: Memorize and Deleter
22. Chapter 22: Toby’s No Pressure Coffee Invite
23. Chapter 23: Private House Tour
24. Chapter 24: The Whiteboard Rules
25. Chapter 25: A Foot In the Door
26. Chapter 26: Too Close
27. Chapter 27: Curious Questions
28. Chapter 28: Not a Date
29. Chapter 29: After Dark
30. Chapter 30: Just Checking
31. Chapter 31: Cold Showers
32. Chapter 32: Shifting Tables
33. Chapter 33: The Rain and The Ride
34. Chapter 34: A Quiet Kind of Care
35. Chapter 35: The Aisle of Confusion
36. Chapter 36: A Quiet Offering
37. Chapter 37: The Long Night
38. Chapter 38: What Wakes In The Morning
39. Chapter 39: Human Nature
40. Chapter 40: Where They Aren’t
41. Chapter 41: Dangerous Combo
42. Chapter 42: Birthday Bargain
43. Chapter 43: Not a Threat
44. Chapter 44: Dinner and Other Invitations
45. Chapter 45: Coffee Was a Lie
46. Chapter 46: A Quiet Company
47. Chapter 47: Inexperienced Del
48. Chapter 48: The First Time (Sort Of)
49. Chapter 49: Coffee and Complaints
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