MarcusSable fell asleep before we made it back to the highway.One minute she was curled against my chest with her fingers tucked weakly into the front of my shirt, fighting to keep her eyes open like she thought sleep might somehow count as surrender. The next, her body finally gave up the battle her mind was too stubborn to admit she’d lost. Her breathing evened out against me, slow and shallow at first, then deeper as exhaustion pulled her under.I looked down at her for a long time.Her face was half-hidden beneath my jacket, blonde hair tangled across her cheek, lashes still damp from tears she’d tried not to shed. Even asleep, she looked like she was bracing for something, her brow faintly drawn and one hand still curled tightly in my shirt.I kept my arm around her waist and held her closer.The van hummed steadily beneath us while Brian drove in silence from the front. For a while, nobody said anything.There wasn’t much to say.The desert passed outside in darkness while th
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