Page 54 of Always Hope
The tightness in my chest caught me off guard. This… this was family. This was home.
“You did this?” I asked Jazz, my voice thick.
He leaned in close, deadpan. “We all did. But it was my idea because I am, in fact, the best.”
I shoved him because he was an idiot.
“Thank you,” Tyler said, his voice rough with emotion, as he gave his sister and parents a tender hug. Then, he turned to me, cupping my face in hishands. I met his steady gaze. Everything he was, everything he’d fought to become, and everything he still dreamed of becoming—it was all his, and he was mine.
I kissed him there, in front of everyone, and he kissed me back as if none of them were watching. And when I pulled away, I couldn’t stop smiling. Like Alex with Jazz, we were looking into building a more spacious apartment in the space we had here so that we could stay together. Tyler would work on his music therapy, and I’d work as usual, with a whole side helping of loving Tyler.
“Happy to be home?” I asked.
“Home looks pretty damn good,” he said.
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