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I’ive him the robin I feel around for it inhere"

His words hit , but they land true The robin slips through"Sos would be if you weren’t here Sometimes I think maybe I’d be different"

I frown "What do you mean?"

"I don’t know Like … maybe if you weren’t here, maybe I wouldn’t wonder about what the world is like beyond the North Pole"

I wave hireat I saw the world two Christ you, e have here is better than anything out there There’s eggnog every day! And candy cane hot chocolate, and those marshmallow cakes with the little red dots"

"I’m pretty sure they have all that stuff, too You’ll see You’re going to go away someday," he says, and it sounds like a pre to my eyes "Not me I’ll never stop Never ever ever"

Stubbornly, he shakes his head "One day you will, and you’ll forget all about us"

"Stop saying that!"

"It’s all right It’s what you’re supposed to do"

I don’t like the sad look on his face; it weighs on e We’ve never talked like this before I don’t like the way itquick, I pull the robin out of my pocket and hand it to him "Here," I say "Merry Christht and examines it "It’s your best work," he says, and froher compliment "It’s beautiful"

"Thank you"

Faster than I can blink, as fast as only an elf can be, he touches ertips, whisper soft and cool He tucks my hair behind my ear And then, a sharp intake of breath, ?

I lean in closer, I close

I opento kiss me?"

"I--I can’t"

"Why not?"

He hesitates and then he says, "I don’t want anyone to get hurt"

"You won’t hurt me," I quickly say

Flynn shakes his head