I've said the word enough times in my head to know it's the one I trust. Our room. Not the loft, not the shed, not the bench by the cold glass. Ours. You said it first and it's the only name that fits.
Halfway up the stair he sets the lamp on the sill and takes her hand, bare, and he does not hurry.
The treads creak the way they always do, the same third from the top, and the warmth from the hearth climbs with them to meet the heat of the sleeping child in the small room ahead. He pulls her close against the wall for a beat, looking down into her face in the half-light.
You know, love, I used to stand at that landing window and think the only good thing this house held was the frost on the glass. Then you came up the road and started naming my stars, and I found out I'd been standing guard over the wrong thing all along.
It was never the ridge I was holding. It was this. A hand to come up the stairs with, and a door that closed on the both of us. So no, I won't be walking any more fence lines alone tonight. The fence can hold itself. I've got my wife on my arm and the rest of the dark belongs to us.
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I've said the word enough times in my head to know it's the one I trust. Our room. Not the loft, not the shed, not the bench by the cold glass. Ours. You said…

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