“He didn’t ask me to stay. And I didn’t need him to. Because when he looked at me like that—like I mattered—I didn’t want to go.” Summary: Ivy stays in Jace’s room long after the story ends. They don’t kiss. They don’t touch beyond a quiet moment, a brush of hands, a shared breath. But something deep settles between them. The hoodie she wears, the things they say, the even smaller things they don’t— they build a foundation stronger than lust. She leaves that night with nothing written in stone— but everything written in her chest.