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Post by Silva on Oct 19, 2014 20:22:45 GMT -5
He laughed a little, self-consciously gently. What a tender thing -- and here they were, linked, tied.
"Mention it to whom?"
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Post by Nina Fortner on Oct 19, 2014 20:38:40 GMT -5
"To me!"
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Post by Silva on Oct 19, 2014 20:42:22 GMT -5
"Would that make it any easier to bear?"
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Post by Nina Fortner on Oct 19, 2014 20:49:10 GMT -5
"You are mentioning it!"
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Post by Silva on Oct 19, 2014 20:50:37 GMT -5
"Am I?"
He gave her a squeeze.
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Post by Nina Fortner on Oct 19, 2014 23:04:03 GMT -5
"Please don't tease me-" she said, with a flash of hurt in her eyes, if only for a moment.
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Post by Silva on Oct 29, 2014 20:40:12 GMT -5
"I could never tease you, Nina, not the way you are now. I ought to thank you, for your love."
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Post by Nina Fortner on Oct 29, 2014 20:49:33 GMT -5
She felt more vulnerable than she'd ever been - even after the death of her parents, even working with Blake, breaking into Geneco, even after everything, this was somehow more frightening. She felt as though she owed him the world for his kindness. She wished he were still inside of her.
She lay her cheek against his chest, holding him near her.
"Hold me, I feel a chill."
It was a hot Greek summer, yet she didn't lie.
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Post by Silva on Oct 29, 2014 21:02:17 GMT -5
He drew her in closer, one hand between her sun-burnished shoulder blades and the other thumbing at her breast. The rest of his body shifted to admit her nearer.
"Too much sea air, hmm? You looked irresistible today."
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Post by Nina Fortner on Oct 29, 2014 21:05:10 GMT -5
She lay a hand against his cheek caressingly, gazing up at him with some wonder, and some guardedness as well.
"Is that why you came back?"
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Post by Silva on Oct 30, 2014 10:01:46 GMT -5
Silva kissed her thumb.
"I always come back."
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Post by Nina Fortner on Oct 30, 2014 23:16:51 GMT -5
"I wish you'd told me that before you left."
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Post by Silva on Oct 30, 2014 23:17:57 GMT -5
"Criminals often do. It's our curse." He looked up at her appealingly through his pale eyelashes.
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Post by Nina Fortner on Oct 30, 2014 23:19:23 GMT -5
"It must be a sign of my virtue that I am too afraid to return to all of the places I've run from."
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Post by Silva on Oct 30, 2014 23:21:08 GMT -5
"One day, when you're ready. You can burn it all down -- I can't imagine anyone would stop you."
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