"Life can be difficult.
No one promised that it would be...
Sunshine all the time, easy.
Some pain is guaranteed.
But it ain't impossible.
You can find the joy, you see.
Took me a while but I did finally."

It was odd to her that quiet nights in could become so commonplace so quickly. That even when she made the concentrated effort to maintain her party girl status, more than anything she just wanted to go home to him.

Dressed for the fundraiser she abandoned early, Nikki watched Sam from the doorway as he went about washing dishes. Messy hair pulled up with the intention of keeping it out of his eyes but it rarely did. His sweats hanging low on his hips, giving her glipses of skin every time that he raised his arms. He was the picture of easy domestic sex appeal.

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