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⠀⠀⠀ ⠀" WHO WILL RUN AWAY ? "
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but right now … she was here . with him . letting him kiss her like this , touch her like this — love her like this . )
but right now … she was here . with him . letting him kiss her like this , touch her like this — love her like this . )
worship her ... beautiful natal— magaretha .
she could have had anyone .
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worship her ... beautiful natal— magaretha .
she could have had anyone .
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... but even so , if she was just using him tonight , at the end ... it doesn't matter to him . he wants this , just this once . let him be a fool once more .
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... but even so , if she was just using him tonight , at the end ... it doesn't matter to him . he wants this , just this once . let him be a fool once more .
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he kissed her like she was sacred , like he might never get another chance . because he still half-expected her to change her mind . to regret . to leave .
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he kissed her like she was sacred , like he might never get another chance . because he still half-expected her to change her mind . to regret . to leave .
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a soft , tentative flick of his tongue brushed against her bottom lip .
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a soft , tentative flick of his tongue brushed against her bottom lip .
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his lips moved with hers , slowly at first , but growing bolder with each pass . every breath she gave him , he returned with more — lips gliding , parting ,
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his lips moved with hers , slowly at first , but growing bolder with each pass . every breath she gave him , he returned with more — lips gliding , parting ,
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he would guide her , urging her onto her back with barely a careful push — just the suggestion of motion , his body leading hers . his chest hovered just above hers .
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he would guide her , urging her onto her back with barely a careful push — just the suggestion of motion , his body leading hers . his chest hovered just above hers .
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carefully , he began to shift — still kissing her , lips brushing hers in short , reverent pulses — as he slowly sat up . one hand braced against the mattress beside her , steadying himself ,
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carefully , he began to shift — still kissing her , lips brushing hers in short , reverent pulses — as he slowly sat up . one hand braced against the mattress beside her , steadying himself ,
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her lips were still so soft . so sweet ...
so incredibly addicting . how he missed this feeling , this taste .
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her lips were still so soft . so sweet ...
so incredibly addicting . how he missed this feeling , this taste .
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when her lips caught his — trapped his lower lip with a delicate , deliberate pull — he gasped .
a soft , helpless sound left his throat , part wonder , part need .
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when her lips caught his — trapped his lower lip with a delicate , deliberate pull — he gasped .
a soft , helpless sound left his throat , part wonder , part need .
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how awkward , how unsure he felt — like it was the first time —
how awkward , how unsure he felt — like it was the first time —
oh god — his hands . what was he supposed to do with them ?
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oh god — his hands . what was he supposed to do with them ?
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then—
her lips touched his .
barely there . just a whisper of contact — and yet his whole body froze , like he’d stepped off the edge of something immeasurable .
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then—
her lips touched his .
barely there . just a whisper of contact — and yet his whole body froze , like he’d stepped off the edge of something immeasurable .
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i ... i'm sorry , i ...
( what is he supposed to say when he was not deserving of her apology ... ? )
i ... i'm sorry , i ...
( what is he supposed to say when he was not deserving of her apology ... ? )
he was struggling with that but ... )
i'd ... i'd never ...
you are never cruel , natalie ... y-you never were , not in my eyes , i ....
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he was struggling with that but ... )
i'd ... i'd never ...
you are never cruel , natalie ... y-you never were , not in my eyes , i ....
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was she using him ? maybe . maybe she just needed warmth tonight . maybe he was a fool for letting himself hope for more ...
like before , like ... back then ... when they were still at that horrible place .
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was she using him ? maybe . maybe she just needed warmth tonight . maybe he was a fool for letting himself hope for more ...
like before , like ... back then ... when they were still at that horrible place .
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you’re not— it’s not like that . i… i like it—
i mean— i don't— i ... i ...
( he stopped .
god . he sounded so pathetic .
the realization shut him up instantly . his mouth hung open with another word forming —
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you’re not— it’s not like that . i… i like it—
i mean— i don't— i ... i ...
( he stopped .
god . he sounded so pathetic .
the realization shut him up instantly . his mouth hung open with another word forming —
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but then — her voice ...
so soft . apologetic .
and it struck him — like a knife to the gut .
he blinked , stunned , as if the words took a moment to land . then his face twisted — not in anger , never — but something more wounded ... )
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but then — her voice ...
so soft . apologetic .
and it struck him — like a knife to the gut .
he blinked , stunned , as if the words took a moment to land . then his face twisted — not in anger , never — but something more wounded ... )
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