When I woke, the room was quiet, the smoke had faded, and only my dull headache remained. I groaned, turning over, happy to feel the soft sheets of a cozy bed around me. My head settled deeply into a pillow and as I opened my eyes in the slightest, I smiled. The sunlight beamed in through the curtains of Alex’s bedroom, and as I turned my head I found my favourite person waiting at the end of the bed. His fists closed tightly around the footboard, his eyes not wavering from mine. His hair sticking out in every direction, while his t-shirt clung to his chest just enough to tease me.
“You’re awake,’ he whispered, and in a flash he was at my side. Sitting on the edge of the bed, his arms reached out to hold me. The ache in my head had turned to a dull throb, and for a moment I wondered how
