❄ Camille ❄
The cabin felt different after his promise. The air hadn’t changed, the snow still fell, and the lake still groaned below the cliff, but something inside the room had shifted. Sebastian didn’t look like he was braced for impact anymore. He looked tired.
“You don’t have to sit there like a statue,” I muttered, and his lips twitched as he glanced at me.
“I’m thinking,”
“About pushing me away again?” I couldn’t help but tease him. I wanted to lighten the mood. After his heavy confession and his promise, we both needed to relax.
“No,” he answered as he looked away.
“I’m not here to try and fix you, Sebastian. But at least I understand you,”
“Do you?”
“Yeah, I think so. I mean, I get it. You lost someone important…someone special. That couldn’t have been easy. I understa
