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Caleb’s POV

I had no idea what else to do, so I led Aurora back to my room instead of hers. It felt safer this bway/bb, /blike beering her close would keep her out of harm’s reach, at least for the moment. “Here,” I said, handing her a towel.

“You should bdry /byour hair off.” I tried to keep my voice steady, though everything felt off, like I was walking a razor–bthin /bline. Aurora took the towel from me without a word and started dabbing at her bdamp /bhair.

You can head to the bathroom while I find you something to change into,” I added, feeling like I had bto /bkeep busyb, /bbto /bkeep bmy /bmind off the fact that I had her in my room. I turned to leave, but just as I opened the door to head out, I heard her voice.

“Caleb?”

I paused, ncing over my shoulder at her. Her eyes locked with mine, the vulnerability in them

almost too much to bear.

“Yeah?” I asked, trying to sound calm.

“L… I need you,” she said, her voice low, but desperate, and it hit me like a punch to the gut. “Please… help me forget about everything.”

I froze. The air between us thickened, and for a moment, I didn’t know what to say. Part of me wanted to rush to her, to tell her everything would be fine, but I knew it wouldn’t be that easy. I wanted to keep her safe, but I didn’t know how to help her forget–let alone if I even should.

“Y–You should go wash up…I’ll get you a change of clothes.” I told her quickly, averting her eyes, her frame. The wet clothes clung to her form, leaving almost nothing to the imagination, and I felt heat rush through my veins.

I turned back to grab the clothes I had picked out for her, trying to clear my head, but when I opened the bathroom door to hand them to her, bI /bstopped dead in my tracks. Aurora was already in the process of stripping, her back to meb, /bnot realizing I was there.

She had stripped out of her top, and even though her back was turned, it was hard to miss the shap of her back…her thin waist, and the way the bottoms clung to her shapely behind…

My breath caught in my throat.

I quickly spun around, my heart pounding in bmy /bbchest/b, ready to leave. I shouldn’t have seen that, shouldn’t have let it get to me. But then I heard her bvoice /bagain, softer this time, almost pleading.

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b“/bbCaleb/bb, /bdon’t go. Please… I need you.”

I hesitatedb, /bstanding frozen at the door. The weight of her words hung in the air, and for a second, I felt like I was losing control of everything. She was broken, and somehow, she needed me.

“I can’t- I started, my voice rough, but she interrupted me,

“Please,” she whispered again, her tone urgent, desperate, like she was drowning and needed me to

be her lifeline.

“Just stay. I can’t deal with all of this on my own.”

Sighing heavily, I ran my hand through my hair, trying to keep control of myself. I wanted this, really did, but I couldn’t let it happen yet. Not like this. Not with her this vulnerable. Aurora deserves more than a rushed moment, otherwise…it would feel like I was taking advantage of her during a time of weakness.

– I took a deep breath, forcing myself to turn away for just a second. When I faced her again, I could barely look at her, but I knew what I needed to do. Slowly, I reach for the bathrobe hanging on the chair next to me and drape it over her shoulders, trying to cover the tension that thickened between ollius. /li/ol

“You’re not of age yet, Aurora,” I said, my voiceing out hoarse. “I want to do this properly. I want you…want us, to be together because we love each other and want to take the next step together…not because it’s just about forgetting the rest of the world.”

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