Breathing Again

PIPER’S POV

The moment his forehead rested against mine, something inside me settled. Not completely, not perfectly. But enough.

Enough to breathe again. Enough to feel like we weren’t falling apart anymore. And when I looked at him…really looked at him, I saw it too.

The shift. The hesitation that was still there.

The doubt was not completely gone. But underneath it, he was trying. And that was a