Chapter 150

**You Were My Favorite Hurt, And My Hardest Goodbye by Ava Knight**

**Chapter 150**

For what felt like an eternity, he simply gazed at her, his chest rising and falling in a rhythm that was anything but steady, his jaw clenched tightly as if holding back a storm. Then, with a gentle movement, Nico leaned in closer, their foreheads touching softly, an electric connection sparking between them. His voice, though tender and almost reverential, carried the faintest hint of a smile—one that was cocky yet laced with the unmistakable ache of vulnerability.

“I’m your Huckleberry.”

Those words struck her like a bolt of lightning, splitting her wide open in a way she hadn’t anticipated. A laugh, raw and choked, caught in her throat—wet, fragmented, but undeniably real. It bubbled out despite her best efforts to contain it, mingling with the sobs that she could no longer suppress. She squeezed her eyes shut, allowing the tears to flow freely, and whispered back to him, her voice a fragile thread but unwavering:

“Damn right you are.”

The machines around them hummed steadily, a rhythmic backdrop to the silence that enveloped them. Enzo’s even breaths provided a grounding presence, anchoring the moment in a way that felt sacred. Lola tightened her grip on Nico’s hand, as if she could meld herself to him in that fleeting instant, binding their souls together.