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Ryan s est damom”

“He makes it easy,” I joke “The real test will be when he’s a hor us tooth and nail to be his own person Sneaking out of the house to o to parties…”

Ryan chuckles “Is that what you were doing as a teenager?”

“Well, duh… weren’t you?”

He shakes his head “I was in JROTC and spent my weekends at drill or robotic competitions”

“You dated, though, right?” We haven’t touched on our past I knoas married, even met her a couple times, but I don’t know much about him before our time at the beach house, except that he was overseas more than he was on US soil

“Laura and I hung out, but ere just friends We met in science and sort of hit it off I wasn’t much of a talker, so I didn’t really make friends easily, and she kind of attached herself toso alone” His lips tilt into a shy smile

“You talk to me”

“Yeah, but I wasn’t outgoing I wasn’t looking to party or get drunk I loved MMA, which is why your dad and I are close I would hang out there after school, or with Laura I got by in school, but I knew from the moment I joined JROTC, I wanted to join the ing I excelled at it I joined Raiders and the drill team, and it kept me busy”

He entwines our fingers together, and my heart pumps quicker I love when he touches me “What about you? Book nerd or cheerleader?”

“Why does it have to be one or the other?”

“So, what, you were both?” He quirks a single brow

“I was a straight-A student… and a cheerleader”