He caught the pillow, still smiling. “You’re the only person I know who sobs over fruit.”
Tonight, though, he didn’t argue. He just let the remote fall between them and leaned his head back. The popsicle stick clicked against his teeth. lemon popsicle netflix
“You’re the only person I know who buys lemon popsicles in a blackout,” she shot back. But her voice had gone soft. He caught the pillow, still smiling
“Too dumb.”
They didn’t speak for the next ten minutes. Just the faint hum of the refrigerator and the click of Leo scrolling through titles. Mia sucked the frozen lemonade tang, feeling the brain freeze creep behind her eyes. It was the good kind of pain. The popsicle stick clicked against his teeth
Neither of them moved. The popsicle stick in her hand was just a wet splinter now. Leo’s was gone too. The only thing left was the faint, sweet sourness on their tongues and the growing dusk outside.