Chapter 13: Long-Distance Strain
POV: Blair Blair had been in Vancouver for four months. 120 days of video calls and missed connections. 120 days […]
POV: Blair Blair had been in Vancouver for four months. 120 days of video calls and missed connections. 120 days […]
POV: Blair Vancouver was a city of rain and possibilities. Blair arrived for her interview nervous but determined. This job
POV: Blair Blair had been unemployed for three days. Three days of sitting at home, scrolling job boards, and avoiding
POV: Blair Morning came too soon. Blair woke wrapped in Cal’s arms—perfect, safe, doomed—because today they would tell Preston. Risk
POV: Blair Week fifteen felt perfect. Cal was in therapy and making mental progress. His knee was stronger daily, ahead
POV: Blair Week fourteen brought intensified skating for Cal: full laps, power drills, edge work. No contact yet, but soon.
POV: Blair Week thirteen brought phenomenal news: Cal was cleared for light skating next week. The team was excited—playoffs were
POV: Blair Their first date was perfect. A small coffee shop ninety minutes outside Seattle where no one knew them
POV: Blair Week ten changed everything. Not overnight, but gradually, unmistakably. After the almost-kiss, Cal and Blair maintained strict professional
POV: Blair Week three became week four, and the daily PT sessions continued. Every afternoon, two hours, Blair and Cal