For a moment, he just stood there, watching her with a soft smile tugging at his lips. The tension that had weighed him down minutes ago seemed to dissolve in the simplicity of the moment.
Is she Ava!! —the woman who could make him feel everything at once, from exasperation to love, from frustration to admiration. And here she was, casually eating chips and pickles like it was the most natural thing in the world.
Ava, oblivious to his presence, continued snacking. She hadn't noticed him yet, lost in her own little world of food cravings. Cameron couldn't help but chuckle quietly to himself, the sound almost foreign to him after the chaos in his mind.
Finally, he stepped into the kitchen, his footsteps making just enough noise to get her attention.
Ava looked up, mid-bite, and froze. Her eyes widened in surprise, a chip halfway to her mouth. "What?" she asked, her voice muffled by the food she was still chewing.
