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She draws again from the cigar, eyes watering as she braves the burn. Then she leans forward, blowing smoke into my face. “Is that a yes or a no?” she says. “Do you want a taste of me or not?” I grab her waist and pull her flush against me. “Shoot me if I ever…

“What the hell,” she gasps. “Mmm.” I smile, eyes still closed, licking her gently while trying not to get sprayed in the damn eyes. Half Blind She twitches and pulls back, too sensitive, but I don’t let up completely. Instead, I raise my head and keep my fingers inside her, curling them again as my…

He pulls his fingers out and then replaces them with something else, something circular. It enters me gradually-inch by inch-pausing with each ridge. One goes in, and then a bigger one, and another, until all five bumps of the device are inside me. He doesn’t let me adjust to it before I feel another pressure,…

“But you didn’t. You wouldn’t.” “You don’t know that.” “I do.” There’s something in her voice, something that makes me turn. She’s sitting there, chest rising and falling, hair a mess, glasses still on. “You think you’re the first person close to me with chronic PTSD?” she asks, eyes narrowing. “These things are manageable. We…

“What is it, Knox?” “What is what?” “You look kinda… frightened.” He breathes in, deep and slow. But I can hear it. The tension behind every breath. The pulse beneath my cheek, too fast to be steady. “Do I?” he murmurs. “Stop hiding things from me. It’s starting to get annoying.” Silence. His breathing fills…

I wake to trembling. At first, I think it’s me. A dream, maybe. But then I feel it again. Not mine. Him. Knox. His body jerks beneath me, not violently, but enough to shake the mattress. His chest is tight against my neck, and I can feel the tension in him-tight like a pulled wire…

Finn and his “devices” have never led to anything but trouble. And now that he’s pulling stunts that involve hospital beds and security violations, I can’t afford to hope he’ll magically change course. He won’t. Not unless someone forces him to. And that someone might have to be me. The bathroom door creaks open. Knox…

I kiss him back just as hard. Tasting the faint trace of whiskey on his lips, feeling every nerve in my body respond to his. There’s nothing soft about this moment. It’s claiming. It’s raw. When he finally pulls away, he rests his forehead against mine. His breath Successfully unlocked! “I’ve been meaning to do…

He stops. Turns to me. Successfully unlocked! The hand that’s on my waist pulls me toward him until my body meets his. Chest to chest. Hip to hip. The feel of him-solid, warm, grounding-sends a current up my spine. I hate that it calms me. That it makes me ache, No Cream which I’m certain…

“Of course I did,” she says, her eyes scanning the brace around my arm. “What the fuck happened? You didn’t see the car coming?” I look away. “I walked into the road. My mind was all over the place. Her face falls. I know her well enough to see the guilt setting in. She’s blaming…