*Lucas*

I was dead serious. I wanted to move in with Lauren. I wanted to sleep with her every night and wake up with her every morning. It was time to make the move, once and for all. What had intentionally been a joking remark had suddenly grown into a concrete determination to make this happen.

“Are you serious?” she asked me.

“Yes. I am. Let’s live together, Lauren. Let me move in here with you. We spend so much time together now, ...