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“Exactly”

She trots up the stairs behind o to”

“Can’t wait that long”

Inside our old rooht I press her back to the door and lean down, brushing h the s to see her green eyes, glittering with amusement and love

I pull back, fighting my own smile “What’s so funny, baby doll?”

She loops her ar I just love you”

Heat spreads overthose words “I have so for you”

“I figured that hy you dragged me up here”

“Not that”

Slipping my hand infor our road trip”

“A” She sighs “You already gave me so much for our anniversary”

“I love spoiling irl”

“It’s too srins up at me “Unless it’s a pocket rocket”

I shake my head Fuck, my woman comes up with the craziest stuff “You don’t need that when you haveto shove et”

She vibrates with laughter, thunking her head against the door, which only h harder “Ow”

Cupping the back of her head, I rub the spot that connected with the door “You okay?”

“I’reen eyesthe small box up between us

“Go on”

She plucks the top off the box and her eager grin melts when she sees the patch inside

“Not all those ander are lost,” she reads Her glittering eyes s at the corners of her mouth She knows exactly what those words mean to me “It’s perfect I love it”

“I thought it would go with your wanderlust patch from our last trip”

She smiles even wider “It does Perfectly”

For so Finally, she reaches into her pocket and pulls out a small white box of her own “Great minds and all that”

Inside the box is a tiny raved around a miniature compass

“I wasn’t sure if it was o on your cut”—she waves her hands in the air between us—“or whatever, so I won’t be offended if you don’t want to—”

I cut her off with a kiss “Of course I’ll wear it” I tilt my head to the side “Put it on for me”

Her eyes widen “Am I allowed to alter your colors?”

“Yes, sass-mouth, just put it on”

She bites her lip while she concentrates on jabbing h leather “I don’t want to stab you in the neck”

“I’ll survive a poke from your little pin”

Laughter dances in her eyes when she looks up again “I’”