A Safe Place to Land

Maddox POV

There’s this kind of peace that comes with watching her sleep.

The slow rise and fall of her chest. Those long lashes fanned against her cheeks. Her lips, pink, slightly parted, like even in sleep she couldn’t fully let her guard down.

God… I could stare all night and never get tired.

That was the plan, honestly.

Stay in the living room so she’d know she was safe. I wouldn’t have minded