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This is the last one featuring Alec and Grey. Hope you liked them :)

Deep

"If you slow me down," Alec had said to Grey the day they met as comrades and partners, "don't think I won't leave you behind."

Grey slumps against his side, his stumbling feet hindering more than helping. Alec growls something that sounds like a curse and a prayer and hauls Grey upright again.

"Just a few more miles," he says. Grey's fingers claw into Alec's back and shoulder with the strength absent in his legs, his nails biting even through Alec's clothes.

Alec hates how deeply entwined they've become, but drags Grey along all the same, gripping him like a lifeline instead of the other way around, a compass, a guiding star. (A trail of breadcrumbs, a string of yarn—all paths lead to—)

The end :)

Also, I received the cover for the Halloween anthology my story will be published in. So exciting! ♥