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I shake my head. “Don’t worry about that. Not now.”
My eyes drag across her face like I’m memorizing it. The curve of her mouth, the way her lashes tremble. I’m already drowning in her and I haven’t even touched her yet.
I let out a breath, half-laughing, half-breaking. “God, you’re beautiful. It’s killing me.”
Then I kissed her. Slow. Deep. Like I need it to live.
She tastes like rain and heat and something I’ve been chasing my whole life without knowing.
My partner. My woman. My Azra.
The cold rain soaks us, but I barely feel it, not with her body pressed to mine, not with this fire between us, this ache that won’t ease.
She pulls back slightly, breath catching against my lips. “You could’ve taken that call inside,” she says with a smirk.
I laugh, the sound low and rough. “And miss this?”
She smiles again, eyes glinting under the street lights.
“Rain looks beautiful on you…”
She laughs softly, “Thank you,partner.”
I brush wet strands of hair from her face. “Come on. Let’s get inside so I can kiss you properly.”
She nods still smiling, then slips her hand into mine.
Together, we step back inside, but before we cross the threshold, she stops, turns to me, and kisses me again. “Don’t ever say you’ll leave, Damir.”
I look at her, every part of me aching. “How could I?” I whisper. “We’reeternal.Remember?”
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AZRA
“And I Love Her” by Kurt Cobain
Present
We stumble inside, dripping wet, the cold rain still clinging to our skin. I start peeling off my jacket, but he stops me with a sharp look.
“Wait. You need to finish eating first, ma’am.”
“I’m not hungry.”
He crosses his arms, stubborn. “Yes, you are. I’m filling the tub. You eat.Now.”
I sigh but grab the burrito he handed me earlier and sit down, eating fast while he moves around the bathroom.
When I’m done, I find him in the tub, testing the water with his hand, his brow furrowed like he’s doing a science experiment.
In the corner, a bottle of shampoo sits next to some hair products. He’s reading the labels, like he’s trying to learn how to wash my hair right.
He turns suddenly, a crooked smile playing on his lips. “Get naked now.”
I laugh, shaking my head, but I do it anyway.
We sink into the warm water together, the steam curling around us and I feel like I’m daydreaming again. For the first time in so long.
