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I glanced to ainst the higher bench He sees extended with ankles crossed tightly Actually, Sas apart Not extra wide like an asshole, but normally wide

He cracked open an eye “You’re sighing a lot”

“Oh! Yeah, I’m fine” I whipped uess”

“Don’t be sorry Doing two shows a day h” He was silent before adding, “Right?”

“Definitely”

Neither of us sounded sure It should have been relaxing That was the point of a sauna, though I’d honestly take a jacuzzi any day I got hot so quickly in a sauna Sa almost naked next to me did not help

“Etienne, I need to tell you so”

The hair on the back of ?”

He sat up super straight, uncrossing his legs His foot tapped restlessly on the wood planks “Nothing’s wrong At least, I hope not?”

“Okay Tell me”

He nodded “I should I should just tell you You won’t be, like, ”

My sto on?” I waited for hi About what, I had no idea This didn’t seem like Sam’s usual humor

With a creak and blast of freezing air, the door opened A guy and girl wearing swi up their coats and robes and put their boots beside ours in the tiny antechamber

She said, “Sorry!” and they scurried in with towels, shutting the sauna door behind them

Saive the The spark that skipped over h,” and Sah room for the four of us, but I’m sure the couple would appreciate privacy anyway

And I had to knohat Sam needed to tell me

We said goodnight to them and squeezed into the antechamber to stuff our feet into our boots and throw on our coats I had my bathrobe as well, and I offered it to Sam I spent my life in ice rinks—I was used to the cold

He s on his coat The more layers he wore, the better

It was only about twenty seconds through the snow to reach the cabin Bree and Tihtclothes and using the bathroootten? Maybe it wasn’t anything big after all

Norht, but I turned off the lights and clie hush between us that felt better suited to darkness Sam slid in beside me under the duvet