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“I’ to check out the bathroom,” Arthur announced, as decisive as I typically was After dropping his bag on one of the chairs, he opened a door, which turned out to be a postage-stamp-sized closet

“Not exactly proh space there either”

“You’re not sleeping in the closet” Arthur opened the only other door, which led to a surprisingly spacious bathroom with an old-fashioned slipper-shaped tub co up all of one wall “Dae Maybe I can just sleep there”

“You’re not sleeping in the tub” I could be firm too

“Why not? Just giveHell, we could both fit in there” Arthur grinned while I had had to gritthat tub, all squished together, soapy and slippery and—

Snap out of it, Fox

“No one is sleeping in the tub” I glared at him because I hated that he’d provided fuel for my next six months of fantasies And underscored the fact that we couldn’t share space this s “What if we told—”

“I’ht there” Arthur held up a hand “If we come clean, you’ll be fine Mom loves you You’ll bunk with Calder and his friends or keep this cabin Butand I’ll be stuck on nepherangling duty for the next decade”

“I see your dile an out I didn’t want Arthur in hot water with his fae as we both turned back into the rooument and kick me out to sleep with Calder’s crew”

“And spend all ith everyone trying to get us to ht paces and he was across the cabin and needed to spin on his heel to avoid hitting the“Dude You don’t understand the risk of a spontaneous flash-estions by the dozens”

Fuck More public hu relatives or risking singeing my hair in the fireplace Choices”

“We’re adults” Arthur came back to stand directly in front ofsex Hell, half of that bed is probably still bigger than a sub bunk”

“Yeah” My voice eak and soft as damp tissue paper All he’d had to do was allop ahead, replacing lewd thoughts about that tub with i up the pristine white bedding

“Or we could just have sex” He pokedpressure felt like a torch, spreading war ht-headed

“What?” I gulped No way did he just say that