d beyond the stretch of water and sky. The moon hung low, its reflection rippling gently across the surfa

s tucked into his pockets. They had been coming here for weeks now, stealing moments between work and late-nig

ght," Michael said

thin

an eyebrow. "Da

the man who disappears into his own t

pression softened. He took a step closer, t

hat's on y

weeks had been the best of his life-Michael had slipped into his

bout the future?" Mi

ng moment, then looked back

nd

slow breath. "An

hy

year. Or five. Or ten. Because I keep mov

inning-he was a man built for motion, for music, for never staying in on

to stop... eve

time before he turned back

ow that right now, I wa

words pressing against his ribs. It wasn't

ht of the moment settle over them. He didn't know what the future held eith

ing," Mitchell sai

pped closer

us, we won't just disappear from each other's lives. Even if thing

out, fingers brushing against Mitc

romi

real. Mitchell wante

him beneath the vast e

r