He didn't have to agree so fast. I wiped a smear of blue powder off from the crook of my elbow, my arms covered in goosebumps and missing his warmth. "Okay, well, we either declutter down to boss and employee, or..."

I left a generous pause in case he felt like jumping in, but Mr. Bossy had become Mr. All-the-Patience-in-the-World.

I wasn't relationship-averse, but this was Levi and me. We'd been nemeses for so many years. Sex was one thing, but what if he laughed at me ...