POV: Dual (minimal switches)
DAMIEN:
The air in the room was electric, heavy with the names we’d just dragged out of the dark. I stood by the cold metal table, my heart hammering against my ribs, feeling the raw edge of everything we had survived.
Sera was right here.
Sera hadn't moved. She stood her ground, her eyes burning with a fire I’d never seen before. She wasn’t looking for a savior; she was looking at me.
I didn't think. I didn't calculate the risk. I crossed the distance between us in two strides, my hands reaching for her, and I pulled her into me.
I kissed her, and the world simply vanished.
It wasn’t a gentle kiss the way restraint demanded. It was a collision of twelve years of silence, of secrets, and of a love that had been buried alive.
I crashed my lips against he
