Wingman Score (For Puck's Sake Book 5) by Crea Reitan

Author:Crea Reitan [Reitan, Crea]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: dragon fire fantasy
Published: 2024-04-17T18:30:00+00:00

TWENTY

OWEN

It’s an hour before I have to leave to get on the bus. I have never in my life dreaded away games, but now everything in me is resisting. I need to stay here with Zak. He’s still a flight risk. Without me being here for eight entire days, he could talk himself into leaving a hundred times over.

I know he wants to be here. I know he wants me. It’s something I can feel as much as see. But he’s been listening to the negative voices in his head for so long and that head is fucking stubborn. I don’t know where he’s gotten the impression that he needs to work for every single thing he has in life and can’t accept help, but I haven’t gotten him to a place where he understands that it’s not the case.

Asking for and accepting help is just as praise-worthy as plowing your own way.

Leaving him to sleep, I slip into the bathroom and take a quick shower. My bag is already packed and by the door, so I don’t have to worry about it this morning. It’s new—one of those cool ones that you can zip your hanging garments in and it curls around into a duffle bag. There are pockets for literally everything, including your shoes! It’s the best $50 I ever spent.

I spend a few minutes placing a food order to ensure Zak has enough food for the next week as I go about making breakfast and ordering my rideshare to bring me to the bus. I’m just mixing my protein shake when I turn around and find Zak in nothing but my hoodie.

My chest aches at the sight of him. Still rumpled with sleep, hair all a mess, pillow creases in his cheek, bare legs exposed, and my hoodie sagging to just under his wonderful ass cheeks. Setting down my drink, I hold my arms out to him and he slinks into my chest with a heavy sigh.

I hug him tightly, trying to convey just how much I need him. “Please, please be here when I get back,” I whisper. “Don’t talk yourself out of this. Can you do that for me?”

He takes a deep breath and nods. “Yes.”

“I really can’t tell you how much I need you here,” I insist, squeezing him a little tighter. His arms match my grip, his fingers digging into my back. “I hate that I have to leave you for so long right away.”

“You’ll call me though, right?”

“All the time. We’ll text constantly and call whenever we can. We can video chat too. It’s going to suck, but it’ll be over before you know it.”

Zak nods and we stand in silence for a minute. Taking a breath, I say, “I left my computer out. The passcode is on a sticky note right when you open it. The access card to the common areas of the condo complex is hanging on the fridge. There’s a pool, weight room, rec room, and other areas that I admit to not having visited but are pretty cool.

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