Cameron

“Thanks for coming to work out with me.” Gauge grunts as he lifts the weight over his head then brings it back down. He’s not going as quickly as he used to and there’s a part of me that wonders if he’ll ever be the person he was before the forest fire. I would never say those words aloud, but they’re in the back of my head.

“No problem.” I stand over him, spotting as he continues to press the bar. We haven’t worked out together in a while and, ...