Playing Defense

KELLAN’S POV

Later, when the house had settled and the dishes were done, I stretched out on the couch with my head in Piper’s lap. Her fingers moved through my hair in slow, absent strokes, the kind that loosened every knot in my shoulders.

I let out a breath I didn’t realize I’d been holding. “So,” she said softly, looking down at me. “How was your day?”

I stared at the ceiling for a moment. “Gam