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"Seriously, Nate, I can walk"

"You don’t have any shoes"

He’s not even breathing hard with the effort

Holy fuck

"What about the food and the fire?" I ask

"The catering co back in a few hours to clean up"

"Oh"

He sets me down at the top of the stairs and kisses lass and the bottle out of my hands and leads me inside and up the stairs to the master suite We walk into the bathroohts sohout the spacious roohts so the space is bathed in soft candles

He pulls a remote out of his back pocket – I didn’t know he had that! – and turns on the sound syste through the speakers

"Did you do that on purpose?" I ask

"No, it’s just a coincidence," he ne to the floor next to the tub, and when everything is ready, he turns back to Nate starts to sing along, softly, "I won’t give up on us, even if the skies get rough, I’ve given you all ainst him, one arm wrapped around the sins to sith theht, while the sky explodes in lightning outside He lowers his face next to mine, and just barely touches me with his cheek, turns his face, and brushesshivers down ive up on us," he whispers in ain Where did I find this beautifulis finished, Sade begins to croon about this not being an ordinary love, and Nate pulls back, his eyes alive with love, and he gently brushes my hair off my face "I love you, baby"

"I love you, Nate"

The water is warainst the end of the tub withon his chest

The sky outside is dancing in light and changing black clouds, reflecting on the choppy water below I love that the tub sits in a glass alcove so we can watch the show

"Where did you learn to dance like that?" I ask Nate squirts ether until he’s happy with the lather

"Sit forward a bit" I lean forward and he starts to rubood with your hands"

He chuckles behind e