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The spoon clinked against the edge of the tub as Vivien pulled out another bite of ice cream, licking it off slowly before offering me the spoon. I took it, scooping up some for myself, my eyes drifting over to her as she curled her legs beneath her.

"So," I said, swallowing the cold sweetness before meeting her gaze. "Why'd you become a teacher?"

Vivien tilted her head, considering. "Because I like bossing people around," she said with a straight face.

I huffed a laugh. "That checks out."

She grinned before shrugging. "Honestly? I always liked kids. They're weird and unpredictable, but they're honest. And they don't hold grudges-well, most of them don't. I had one first grader try to curse me once because I wouldn't let him eat glue, but, you know, that's just part of the job."

I chuckled, shaking my head. "So, you enjoy near-death experiences?"

She smirked. "Only the ones that involve tiny humans wielding Crayola markers like weapons."

I handed her the spoon back, watching as she took another bite. "How are you still single?"

The question left my mouth before I could think twice, but the

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second it did, something in her face shifted.

Vivien dropped her gaze, her fingers tightening slightly around the tub.

I sighed. "You don't have to answer-"

taking

looked up at me with a sad smile, exhaling slowly. "I was engaged when I was twenty-three." She paused, her fingers tracing over the lid of the ice cream. "He was the love of my life." A small breath. "But he died in a boating accident." The words sat between

anything. What was there

sat there, letting the silence stretch, letting her

"I guess you would

finished softly, meeting

my

send Laura to Germany. She had been the one to push me toward hope when I was too fucking scared to

think somewhere deep down, for the last two

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I could

when she pulled the spoon away, a tiny

smirked. "You got a

my thumb along the spot, but before I could

closer-her gaze

And then-

my thumb, her full lips parting as she sucked the chocolate off, her cheeks hollowing ever so slightly. My jaw went

my pants turned into a

hammering as she pulled back, her lips releasing my thumb with an

I could do was sit there, staring at her, my heart pounding against my ribs like

released my hand, and her eyes flickered

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was no

like she couldn't hide the fact that her nipples were peaked against the thin fabric of her dress, her cheeks flushed with something that

lifted back to mine, steady but soft. "Josh... it's okay, you know."

tightening as I stared at her. At her full lips, slightly parted, still

I thought about how they

in, my hand reaching behind her neck, my fingers curling into