“Keep your sexytime comments to yourself for a minute,” she said, opening her camera app. She stood and began to record their little viewing party. Silas made sure to wink at the camera when she pointed it in his direction.

“Holy shit!” Dean jumped out of his camp chair so fast that it toppled and collapsed. “What’s that number?” he demanded, shoving the phone in Cody’s face.

“Uh, 1,000,061?” Cody read.

“What?” Maggie asked shrilly.

Silas rescued her phone just before she was tackled to the ground and hugged by Dean and Cody. He hoped to God the video was still recording because this was a moment of magic.

“One million fucking subscribers!” Dean shrieked.

“You guys did it,” Cody said.

“We did it,” Maggie said, her voice muffled by the aggressive hugging.

Their live audience erupted, and Silas could feel the pride. Each feeling like they’d contributed to the success, each recognizing a personal stake in the game.

“I don’t know what one million subscribers means, but it sounds important,” Albert from Shitter’s Full Plumbing whooped, jumping on the growing pile of bodies.

Maggie managed to crawl her way out of the hug pyramid and make her way toward him, a smile wide and fierce lighting up her beautiful face. Silas tossed her phone aside a split second before she jumped into his arms. He swung her around, lifting her feet off the ground.

“Are you here for this, Mags? Are you breathing this in?”

She wrapped her arms around him, holding him tight. “Yeah. I am.”

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Silas drummed his fingers on the steering wheel to the beat of Jimmy Buffett as he turned onto Maggie’s lane. The windows were down, the music was up, and the warm breeze carried with it more than a hint of summer.

Even Kevin, not the world’s most morning-appreciative dog, seemed in tune with the energy. His ears ruffled in the breeze, tail wagging as the truck neared the house.

This was the kind of day Silas lived for.

He had a plan. He’d made a few calls and run a few early-morning errands before heading up into the hills. He was going to make sure it was a day his workaholic girlfriend would remember, too. Since the episodes of the Old Campbell Place started airing, Maggie’d doubled down on her work schedule, seeming determined to keep things moving.