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“Uh”

Finn actually cracked a sh worry still reflected in his eyes He put a knuckle under et him out of the woods, and you can take over from there”

The six of us staggered slowly back toward the Oak Park caap in the wall Preston still seeh shape, but by uys left the two of us outside ht, Preston supported between them

Upstairs, I flipped on the light and led Cole into the living room I’d been to their dorms several times by now, but this was the first time any of them had

ever been in estured toward the couch

“Sit down I’ll get my first aid kit”

He hadn’t said a word since the fight, and he didn’t break the silence as he sank down onto the seat, draping his sweatshirt and tee over the arm

I kicked offa second later with the small first-aid kit that’d been stored under the sink It was no substitute for real medical care, but unlike Preston, I didn’t think Cole actually needed that

When I returned to the living rooainst the cushions, his head tipped back He looked boneless and exhausted, as if the adrenaline thatwith it when it left

“You okay?” I asked softly, edging closer

I probably should’ve gotten so so I could ad more than once

But I hadn’t liked it at all

I’d fucking hated it

His eyes opened, and for once, the blankness in the blues were more open and vulnerable than I’d ever seen them “Yeah”

I crawled onto the couch beside hie to his face He had a swelling bruise on his right cheekbone, and there was a cut near his eyebrow on the right side Blood had worked its way down the side of his face,with the sweat on his neck He hadn’t put his shirt back on, and theto his skin