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“You’re my person,” I tell him

“You’re my person too”

I kiss his cheeks and we do our side-lying sixty-nine, and after that, we get a bath together

He winks as he sinks down into the tub, in the back

“That thing is roomy”

“For athletes”

I get between his legs, and we use shampoo to make bubbles

“You need real bubble bath,” I murmur

“Or bath bohs

“Fuck yeah Bath bombs”

It feels so good to be here with hi atmy throat catch

He looks happier than I’ve ever seen hi a few months of one’s memory

“I really can’t believe you ever re polished off a large delivery Hawaiian pizza Ezra pulled the blinds up, so we can see a swatch of caht in the room

“It wasn’t that hard, since I wrote ‘Miller’ on my arm But I think I alould have Shit see in my head now That memory at your place eird…the one where I had that déjà vuabout Aristotle”

“Did it kind of scare you?” I feel hesitant to ask, but he see

“Yeah It’s…I don’t know I guess disorienting Honestly, it felt just like strong déjà vu”

“That makes sense, I think”

We watch some Tiny House Hunters, and Ezra falls asleep with his arm around me and his cheek on et me up so I can drive his Jeep to Auburn, he sits up, too, s

“Go back to sleep, angel” I kiss hi you out, dude”

“What if someone sees you?”

He shrugs “Just don’t really give a fuck”

We brush our teeth together, and it feels like old times

We smile in the mirror, and Ezra arches a brow “Did we do this before?”

“A time or two”

He hugsme by surprise “Thank you, Miller”

“For what?” I laugh

His hand strokes back throughyou”