on a hiatus for now. law school is kicking my ass.
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đđ đđđ đđđđđ  ,  she had spent months getting to know someone she might not have had a real chance with. she was the queen of india & due to her duties she often found it hard to even think about loving someone with a lower ranking than her own. it wasnât that her heart didnât yearn for the other â because she would be LYING if she said her heart didnât feel a certain type of way whenever he was around.  ăoh jonathan please, you know my situation. you know why things have to be this way âŠÂ ăthe raven haired femme admitted with a straight face, her expression never faulting.  ăi canât be with someone who doesnât benefit me, my sisters or my country. iâm a queen, you must understand. ă
as the first born with the title - and all the responsibility it entailed - jonathan thought he would know duty and sacrifice like no other. but his responsibility faded to insignificance, compared to the rule of an entire nation. if the logical side of his brain had any say in this, he would see reason eventually. what future was there for a measly duke governing a smudge of southern england and the queen of india ? and yet he could not help but feel used. they had spent months getting to know each other and for what ? he was barely starting to come to terms with the harshness of reality when riya suddenly reappeared, upending his plans, throwing his whole evening out of alignment, making him feel all kinds of things he had no business feeling, and for what ? â oh i understand now â, he bit out, searching her features but they gave him nothing. he hated that she could keep herself so contained, the indifference on her face nearly elegant. regal. â this was all a game to you, was it not, your highness ? â he took another step in her direction, just to see what she would do. â how did it feel, seducing the duke of nothingshire ? was it fun, at least ? or maybe a humbling experience for a monarch such as yourself ? â jonathan heaved a sigh. â iâm not naive enough to think that we have a future, riya. but apparently i was naive enough to think that our present mattered ⊠to you, that is. â
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âstraight, you said? you are far too pretty to be straight. the men really do not deserve you.â
the comment was enough for a blush to flare hot and furious across her face. for some reason, that never happened when men complimented her. reginaâs habitual answer to that was mostly âewâ or âcreepâ. she stretched her lips into an uneasy smile. â yes, straight. â her voice didnât come out nearly as resolute as she had wanted it to sound. â well no, they donât. â she crossed her arms in a defensive manner that bordered on petulant. â what, you think you do ? â
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    ăletâs not pretend like you DONâT know who i am. ă
â youâre right, thereâs ⊠something. â he clasped his hands behind his back, took a few steps forward as if to get a closer look at her. â miss⊠miss âyou and me never happenedâ, was it ? â jonathan curled his lips into a nasty smile, not bothering to hide the hurt that statement had caused. back then, now. â donât you worry being seen near me will brand you a fallen woman ? that breathing the same air as me will corrupt you to the point of no return ? â
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   âperhaps thatâs why my parents were so keen on marrying me off to whoever deemed me suitable enough,â she teased, âwithout speaking to me first.â winifredâs jokes had always landed just beside her company, missing them by a little bit, but still entirely. she was sure her parents liked to deal with her marriage arrangement on their own so her mouth couldnât ruin a good plan â something she understood completely, even if she didnât like it. and when he trailed off before coming up with his brothers as an excuse, winifred caught on easily. it wasnât a mystery that the men in their society felt entitled to a little âfunâ before settling down, and she had heard of his reputation. but she was there to calm her familyâs concerns and attempt to live amicably with her new spouse, so she didnât see fit to chastise him for societyâs standards. even if the displaced hurt shone on her face. âand what have your brotherâs said you speak of while dreaming? iâm intrigued what stories i might be woken by in the middle of the night; iâve always loved a good tale.â it was easy to overlook, for the time being, and to offer a welcome manner instead. despite nearly wincing at the word âwifeâ every time it was uttered. âi wish to know you too, my lord. i know iâm not used to being a wife âŠ.. yet. and i know we may. but i do hope that maybe we can be friends in the least. i know iâm a handful and have been told iâm a lot to learn to love, so i wouldnât fault you for ⊠taking your time ⊠but iâm going to try. if we are stuck with each other, itâs worth it to try.â and though she was honest, she wasnât sure it was the kind of honesty every newlywed desired. which perhaps was her downfall in relationships. âtell me, whatâs your favourite part of the estate? i imagine weâll be arriving soon, and i want to know where to go first. i want to see it through your eyes.â
jonathanâs brows furrowed in objection. â oh iâm sure any reasonable gentleman prefers honesty and wit over dull politeness. â that was only partially true. when he thought back to the drawing room talk, he remembered no small number of gentlemen that preferred courting a compliant girl, all conceding smiles and stifled laughter. as if there was anything interesting about that. he saw a flicker of hurt passing over her face and he realized she must have put the pieces together, knew what to make of his silence and it filled him with an odd sensation he must be feeling for the first time in his life because it took him quite some time to identify. shame. to his surprise winifred played along. â it seems i am fighting, mostly. muttering colourful words under my breath, none of which are suitable for gentle ears. though i doubt i dream of heroic battles. you see, growing up with four siblings makes you build up quite the ⊠vocabulary. do you have siblings, miss kâ lady griffiths ? â it still felt surreal, addressing a practical stranger with oneâs own family name. jonathan wouldâve known how many siblings she had if he had paid attention at the wedding but unfortunately, his thoughts had been all over the place. he blinked. â good â, he said after a while. â good that youâre a handful. â he pressed a hand to his chest in theatrical relief. â and here i had feared that my wife would be boring. â then he dipped his chin, adapting a more serious tone. â i will gladly learn to love you, winifred. or at least try to. no matter how long it will take. youâll see, iâm quite stubborn. although personally i prefer the word determined. â he swallowed. the use of her first name somehow felt more intimate than any title could. jonathan lifted both eyebrows in surprise. she really did know what questions to ask if she wanted to get to know him and it impressed and terrified him all the same. but heâd promised her honesty. â youâll laugh but it is the library. itâs not so much the quiet but the amount of knowledge, the lack of ⊠expectations. there had been a time when books were the only place i could find solace. no book ever lost patience with me or told me to sit still. â when his tutors had thrown their hands up in frustration, it was the library that had taught him everything. â do you read, winifred ? do you have a favorite book ? â
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plot: based on this but make it period
â iâm sorry, who are you ? â
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*Romantically passes you the blunt*.
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her cheeks warm at the idea of the nudist beach, mostlyâat the idea of them naked together, but she tries desperately not to get too carried away by the thought, no matter how much she wants to. âi have to confessâi have shoplifted before. i was 9 years old and stole a chocolate bar. it was the heist of the century. all those placesâall those thingsâ they sound perfect.â she doesnât expect him to turn serious so quicklyâ or insist on a little selfishness on her part. itâs sweetâ heâs sweet. and she isnât sure if sheâll survive him, if he keeps this up. âsure. iâll tell you all about it, when i do. though i think the trip itself should count. at least for half a point.â
she knows that he doesnât talk muchâ canât imagine though, that there arenât a million people in his life willing to listen to him. itâs clearâ that whatever sheâd thought of him and who he was before sheâd stepped into his world couldnât be any further from the truth. thereâs something about his admission about never mentioning his father that makes her chest acheâ and her hand itch to reach out to him. she gives in to the urge, and reaches for his hand. she gives it a gentle squeeze before letting go and occupying herself with something other than the surprising softness of his palms. thereâs something about him that makes her feel like sheâs in orbit. somewhere between the ocean blue of his eyes and the rapidly decreasing distance between them sheâs being sucked in, and she canât bring herself to want to save herself from it. so what if she falls? what happens if she justâ inches forward a little? she canât get the idea of kissing him out of her mind once itâs thereâ even when she looks away and breaks eye contact. even when it feels like time restarts again⊠something lingers. the tension is still there, simmering beneath the surface. his statement snaps her to attention, and she braves his eyes againâ âreally?â thereâs a slight tone of disbelief when she asksâ even though she gets the sense that heâs mostly honest. âwell good. thatâs good. great--actually.â her voice softens to something closer to a whisperâ âperfectâreally. because same. i feel the same that is. bugger. â she curses under her breath. all she can feel are nerves, and the relentless fluttering of butterflies in her gut. she bites her bottom lip, to keep from saying something idiotic likeâ iâm not going anywhere. theyâve known each other for the span of an afternoonâ and sheâs a little terrified of the effect he might have on her over the course of their trip. âumâ you were going to say something? about the bodies in your floors?â she changes the topic in an attempt to feel groundedâ like she isnât slip sliding all over the place. âearlierâ i mean. i think i might have interrupted you.â
tempest curling her fingers around his after heâd mentioned his family situation, that gentle squeeze of support and affection is nearly too much. noah clenches and unclenches his jaw, fighting back a wave of aching, nearly unbearable warmth surging through him, threatening to spill over. itâs dangerous, the severity of his feelings. heâs known her for what, an afternoon ? sure, it was easy to trust her but naĂŻvetĂ© could get his ass behind bars if he wasnât careful. the faint layer of disbelief in her voice gives him pause. of course, he thinks. what kind of person drops statements like these after spending an afternoon in the otherâs presence ? he should get a grip. thatâs good, great, perfect. he purses his lips in understanding. there it comes - polite rejection. i feel the same that is. â you do ? â, he blurts, equal parts relief, equal parts amusement at her cursing. he clicks his tongue. â see ? thatâs my bad influence right there. after ten days with me youâre gonna have to wash your mouth out with soap. â despite the lightness in his tone, the prospect terrifies him. ten days with tempest. when sheâs needed a few measly hours to make him feel like his world had tilted on its axis.Â
then tempest reminds him of their earlier topic andâ right. the bodies in his floors. noah teeters on a precipice, the words poised on the tip of his tongue. i ordered a gang boss to kill my father. itâs a sure path to ruin, after that thereâs no going back. but how else could he explain to her that he was practically chained to a life of crime ? â i donât know whether a road trip with meâ a friendship, or whatever this comes down to, is a good idea â, he starts, overcome with a sudden urge to reach out for her, squeeze her hand right back to indicate that this was not rejection, far from it. â look iâ thereâs someone in my life saying shit like rob this place, snatch that car, beat that guy up and i have no choice but to do it, itâsâ complicated. letâs say i have debts and i need to settle them. â he leans forward again and good god, he has to stop doing this. itâs not underlining the importance of his words but robbing him of his ability to think straight. â you donât have to agree to anything right now. iâd think about it, if i were you. the road trip, everything. â and he tries to put everything there is, everything there might be between them, into this woefully inadequate word, while trying not to think of her dizzying scent or their mingling breaths. if noah turned his head just so, the tips of their noses would brush. â sorry, i didnât want toââ, he whispers but the sound of his voice is so low, so uncertain, it seems to break apart the moment it meets air. he doesnât want to give in to the urge to kiss her right then and there. it would complicate things, he would lose control and he couldnât. heâs afraid of the consequences that slip entails because what then ? tempest deserved something better than this mess, him. independent of intent he tries to avert his gaze, turning his head to the side and then it happens. their noses brush. and with this unexpectedly intimate sensation his resolve crumbles to dust. fuck he thinks and closes the distance between them.
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pandora made an effort to look relaxed, or as relaxed as she could manage being reluctantly pinned to hunterâs side. she was careful not to let her smile falter as mike seemed to pick up on the less-than-friendly vibes that they were giving off. she stiffened slightly at the excuse that was given and had to resist the urge to scoff. he could have said anything, anything at all, and that was what he came up with? âwhat can i say? iâm a marvel girl.â she forced a laugh and shot hunter a glare in the brief moment that their friend glanced away from them. âyep, thatâs me. so intense.â she hitched the smile back, praying that it looked more sincere than it felt. âno chill whatsoever â oh, would you look at that!â she held up the empty glass she was holding as if suddenly surprised by the fact. âi need another drink.â she grabbed hunterâs hand as she excused herself and pulled him with her. âmarvel or dc?â she started to berate him as soon as they were out of earshot. âreally?âÂ
â again, lying doesnât come to me as easy as breathing, unlike to certain people â, he hissed, wrenching out of her grip. he licked his lips. â we have toâ we have to make an effort to at least look in love ⊠or whatever. unless you want me to come up with even weirder excuses. â out of the corner of his eye he saw yet another friend approaching them and heâd rather chew off his own tongue than talk with them now of all times. he just knew they would shower them with questions regarding their relationship - they always did, nosy little bitch - so hunter did the first thing that came to mind. a knee-jerk reaction, really. he cupped pandoraâs cheek with his hand and pressed his lips against hers. this was a party, full of horny couples and smooching strangers, after all. seconds later - that felt like hours - he drew back, slightly out of breath, looking around. â are they gone ? theyâre gone, thank fuck. oh donât look at me like that, i saved us from yet another awkward conversation. or interrogation rather. â he drove his hand through his hair in frustration. â i still donât know why i agreed to this. â
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he  steps  closer  with  the  scent  of  his  attractiveness  and  it  takes  impeccable  control  for  her  not  to  step  back.  â  it  is  quite  a  large  garden, your grace.  surely  you  could  find  other  divisions  that  are  far  more  permeable.  â  tongue  sticks  to  the  roof  of  her  mouth  as  she  speaks,  brows  lifted  inconspicuously.  itâs  the  temptation  of  him  that  makes  her  dread  this  season.  but  she  is  compliant  as  she  is  forced  to  attend  these  galas  to  please  her  parents  seeing how she  is  their  only  child  despite  her  stubborn  stance.  pretends  to  entertain  the  idea  of  marriage  while  rejecting  every  suitor.  and  it  is  men  like  jonathan  that  usually  have  her  fuming  from  the  inside⊠ but  something  about  her  has  her  feeling  hot  in  other  ways.  â i  do  not  flee. â  the  lady  defends  with  agape  jaw.   then,  a  derision  laugh  leaves  just  beneath  a  heavy  breath  as  gloves  hands  clasp  together,  head  tilting  adjust.  â are  you  to  say  your  reputation  does  not  precede  you,  your grace?  that  you  do  not  take  different  ladies  to  bed  every  so  often  to  cure  your..  boredom?  that  you  are..  a  gentleman?  i  may  hear  the  whispers  circulating,  but  i  do  have  eyes,  and  an  opinion  of  my  own.  in  which,  you  are  not  the  gentleman  you  pretend  to  be. â
doe-eyed debutantes and eager mothers flocked to him like sheep in a meadow. comparatively young, handsome ( he thinks ), in possession of a title â this seasonâs most eligible bachelor indeed. and yet miss kumar suddenly avoided him like the plague. heâs heard the whispers circulating about her, pretending to entertain the idea of marriage while rejecting every suitor, breaking hearts and trampling over prides along the way. not with him. jonathan couldâve easily excused his eagerness with feeling challenged, a desperation to prove that he might be the one to woo her, a wounded pride. yet, there was something else. something between them that has the back of his neck tingle with anticipation, robbing him of breath and rational thought, leaving him feeling oddly bereft and unmoored when she slips out of reach again and again. â i beg your pardon ? â the audacity of her claim sparks a flame inside him, chasing away the chill of his thoughts. â what would you know of my ⊠boredom ? not a gentlemaâ how dare you ? i am burdened with great responsibility. i have a family to lead, a dukedom to keep watch over. am i not allowed a modicum of distraction every now and then ? â he steps even closer, fumbling for his composure. her eyes are dark and unfathomably deep and it takes impeccable control for him not to lose himself in them. â you are not the saint you pretend to be, miss kumar and i am going to make sure everyone sees you for who you truly are. i amâ â he clears his throat. god, sheâs close. he canât think when sheâs this close and itâs highly inappropriate when theyâre unchaperoned in the gardens at that, but stepping away would be admitting defeat so he stays where he is, glaring down at her.
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      â       this is the beginning of an xxx-rated movie. sheâs sure of it. this only happens to actresses about to get railed by a hot stranger in the videos she watches when she wants to get herself off quickly, and daley finds herself both stunned and strangely excited. her throat dries up more with every flirtatious comment out of the older womanâs mouth. âHAHâ, she replies, oh so eloquently, before taking a breath and starting over. âWHO EVER SAID I WAS WELL-BEHAVED? I DIDNâT, THATâS FOR SURE.â she gives the other a grin and takes the glass from catalina, immediately raising it to her lips. she definitely needs that liquid courage, even if she canât find it in herself to be anything but intrigued by this situation. âDALEY PHELPS,â she answers, noting the comment about her husband but ignoring it right now. a lot could happen in three hours, after all. âYOU CAN CALL ME DALEY OR DAL. OR SWEETHEART. AS LONG AS YOUâRE THINKING ABOUT ME.â she gives a little wink over the rim of her glass, feeling more flirtatious than she would usually allow herself with a stranger. âOH, SHIT,â daley curses at the spill, though her eyes are drawn naturally â and not discretely, though she thinks they might be past that â to catalinaâs bare skin when the robe is pulled away. god, sheâs hot. âYEAH, OF COURSE. IS THERE A LINEN CLOSET OVER THERE?â she goes to step around the other woman, towards the hallway out of the kitchen, coming closer than is really necessary to get by her.
â daley. â she repeats her name slowly, like she's wrapping her lips around each syllable, running her tongue over them and tasting them. you can call me daley. or dal. or sweetheart. catalinaâs mouth goes dry at daley finally, unmistakably flirting back and she bites down on her lip in response to the wink. so this was really happening, huh ? it emboldens her to the extent of putting on her little show with the seemingly spilled whiskey and itâs not so much the cold liquid but daleyâs gaze trailing down her exposed skin leaving goosebumps in its wake. â yes, right there, sweetheart. â catalina motions in the general direction of her linen closet and her pulse leaps at daleyâs sudden proximity, the other womanâs smell invading her nostrils, sweet with a spicy undertone. â shit â, she mumbles when the brown liquid reaches the crease between her breasts. she laughs a little, though it comes out breathless. â itâs uhâ itâs seeping into places it shouldnât. â she strides up to the young woman, holding out a hand to receive the towel, her other hand already lingering on the waistband of her dressing gown. â you can look away. â ââ she should look away. sheâs awfully young, though probably not naive, but the neighbourâs daughter nevertheless. catalina was married. everything about this screams trouble, scandal, apocalypse and yetâ â if you want to, that is. â
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eyebrows rose upwards as her gaze lingered for a moment. âwait, so youâre saying your face actually knows how to do that? but also who even said that you donât smile at all? because i surely didnât,â alexâs head shook playfully. âoh? well, i never took you as one for not knowing how to socialize,â her features now fell into a frown. âi mean, wow, you really are out here beating yourself up, arent you. seriously be kind to yourself, youâre not that horrible to be around,â though they both knew that it would have been easy for regina to actually talk to anyone here if she put the effort into it. reaching the drink table, alex turned to look back at regina, her lips pressing together as her gaze fell to the liquor and then they darted back to the other woman. âthen sorry, babe, youâre out of luck. they donât have any of that here,â she didnât miss a beat. "though my poison is currently jd with a shot of tequila on the side.â
youâre not that horrible to be around. reginaâs eyebrows shot to her hairline. â what was that, dalton ? basic human decency ? â she tsked, her lips twitching into a brief smile she quickly blinked out of. â well, it appears weâre both full of surprise tonight. â regina eyed the table distrustfully, then looked back up to alexandra. she stifled a horrified laugh. â well thatâs certainly one way to spend the rest of your night hunched over a toilet. â she sneered until her taunting grin slowly but surely vanished from her face. leaving it at that would be admitting defeat, she realized. as if she were a wuss, a sissy. she cocked her head in the direction of the table. â pour me both, then. â regina knew she was committing a mistake, that she couldnât possibly drink alexandra bloody dalton under the table. but it will be a cold day in hell before she throws the towel in without fighting. â letâs see whoâll end up blocking the bathroom first. donât worry, iâll gladly hold your hair and stroke your back. â
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  open starter : royalty type stuff because âŠÂ can u guess what i just finished? anywho, nothing in particular in mind, but maybe two muses with very bad tension but shriya knows of your muses terrible reputation, so sheâs playin a lil hard to get. ( feel free to change my lord to your muses proper status. )
    â are you following me now, my lord?  â  thick on the edge of crumbling, shriyaâs composure straightens out, chin lifted as eyes strike onto the other. the sound of the wind blowing in the trees are overshadowed by distant  orchestra playing at the evenings ball. the lady had felt neutral about the night, conversing and entertaining the motion of filling up her dance card. but as soon as chocolate hues met the other and their  illuminating scent â almost as if they were purposely trying to get her to bend her will âŠÂ shriya was desperate for a breath of air. safety of the gardens âŠÂ until she turns to find the other on her heels.  â we mustnât keep meeting like this, with lack of chaperone. do you not have young ladies to appease inside the ball, my lord?  â
â am i following you, miss kumarââ he breaks off, chest heaving and his shortness of breath has nothing to do with him practically racing after her. â or are you running away from me ? â he plants both hands on his hips, stubborn, determined. â i am merely taking a stroll in the gardens to escape the heat of the ballroom. â jonathan looks left and right then strides right up to her, the ghost of a smirk tugging at his lips. â it is positively suffocating in there, is it not ? â heâs searching her face, her eyes, melted chocolate reflecting the moon, two scythes of light. he wonders whether heâll ever catch his breath. â the young ladies can wait. whatever have i done, miss kumar, that makes you flee at the sight of me ? ... is it what they say about me ? that i am the worst sort of rake, taking pleasure where i may ? you do not know me. and you would rather believe the whispers of bored footmen and thrill-hungry mothers than form your own opinion ? â
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âhow about the fact that i havenât punched you in the face yet?â pandora suggested through gritted teeth as she cast a passing friend of her mother a sunny smile. âthatâs something to smile about.â she had only been trying to save them both a million awkward conversations in which they had to explain that no, they were no longer together. and yes, it was such a shame, whilst also somehow evading the question of why they had broken up. âoh, shut up. i didnât force you into this, hunter. stop acting so hard done to.â she tensed when she saw a familiar face approaching them and his arm went around her â she had to resist the urge to shove him off and instead appear comfortable with the sudden close contact.Â
alright, so, she had a point. which he would never in a million years admit to her but pandora had not exactly forced him to attend with her. it had sounded reasonable then -- appear in love or at least comfortable with each other for a few hours to avoid irritating questions and awkward conversations. just that nobody had warned him how much more awkward it would be to curl an affectionate arm over his ex while he would rather curl his fingers around her throat and squeeze. fine, he did not actually want to do that but it was a close thing. he blinked at their friend. â mad, me ? oh, back then ? â hunter motioned to where they had been standing - and bickering - mere minutes ago. â oh, donât worry, we werenât fighting or anything. just that weâre always so passionate when it comes to ⊠â he shot her a sideway glance. â marvel or dc. â in his defence, it was the only thing his brain was capable of coughing up in that moment, with pandora in his arm and her familiar smell hitting him along with a wave of rage and nostalgia and ⊠regret ? no, that was impossible. â right, babe ? youâre always so ⊠intense, about everything. â
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   winifred had tried to never picture herself marrying, but when she had, it was always for love â albeit not ideal for their families and society, she had grown up occasionally fantasizing of the possibility. and although jonathan seemed like a pleasant enough man from what she knew, she didnât love him. she hardly even knew him! and the lady could tell he was having similar hesitations merely by the caution in his voice at first, and the way he caught side glimpses of her. âat least a stabbing would imply passion behind it. but starting off a marriage separately seems like weâre just taunting disaster, does it not?â she attempted to hide her gentle laugh, but her smile could not be concealed. âand itâs actually a good thing you asked, my lord. i do indeed snore. will that be a problem?â she gazed coyly into his eyes. âand do you? if not, you owe me one of your bad habits in exchange for my honesty!â
for the first time that day jonathan smiled, wide and bright. â such refreshing honesty indeed â, he mused, suddenly convinced that they might, at least, get along. the coyness in her eyes was so at odds with the topic of conversation that he could not help but laugh. â not at all, i shall burrow my head into the pillows then. very well. i do not snore but i talk in my sleep. an awful lot, according to myââ he broke off, cleared his throat. jonathan had indeed spent the decade of his twenties in a mindless pursuit of pleasure, as had been frequently whispered about, but that was all in the past, now that he was married. for some reason, he could not find the courage to talk freely of this in front of winifred. â ⊠brothers. â he smirked. â i take no responsibility for anything i might whisper into your ear tonight, unless i compliment my gorgeous wife, that is. â the smile on his lips thinned into a more solemn line. he sighed. â i must apologize for myâ our families. i do not know whether you were planning on marrying for love but i imagine vowing eternal loyalty to a complete stranger must be ⊠less than ideal. miss kanariâ lady griffithsâ winifred. ours is not a love match but it canââ grow into one. â i desire to get to know you, i wish for you to get to know me. all of me. and i am open for ... whatever might happen. â he averted his gaze to the window, realizing with a bolt of anguish that they would be at their destination soon. alright, maybe he was just as nervous as his wife.
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darlinââ she doubts itâs an endearment particular to her but it makes her cheeks warm anywayâ and her smile softens into something shy and sweet. âback roads sound perfectââ she bites her bottom lipâ and makes an attempt at focus. she fails quicklyâand the moment she feels his eyes on her she looks up from her list to meet his gaze. his eyes look like a clear sky in the light, and she canât quite place the look in them or why she feels like sheâs floating. but it makes her hold her breath, and she feels time slow againâ until he tears his eyes away. she blinks slowly, her mind shiftsâand the flood of thoughts that had quietened, roar back to life. âno idea what iâm getting myself into actually. but i think i can live with it. in factâ i suspect that might be the best bit.â she chuckles softlyâ in an attempt to offset the nervous ball of energy sitting in her gut. the sense of something unfinished gnaws at her. it feels like sheâs on the edge of something. and the idea of being by his side for ten days feels better like it might send her free falling. âiâm thinking if we find somewhere pretty we can stick around for the nightâ and maybe when we get to wherever weâre going we stay there a little longer. motels along the way i thinkâbutâ somewhere a little nicer for theâŠdestination. maybeâ you look up places you want to stop along the way, and i do tooâ and we can compare.â
sheâs a planner by natureâ and her loopy handwriting quickly fills her part of the sheet. she attempts to read over the small notes sheâs made but her mind is still stuck on the way he looked at herâ and the way it made her feel. undone. somewhere in the back of her mind an alarm goes off, and she ignores it. the seriousness in his expression catches her off guardâ makes her lean in slightly. âthank you for trusting me.â a small smile spreads across her lips. âyouâreâŠ.i donât know. trusting you just feels⊠easy.â she should be apprehensive, she trustedâ 4 people in this world and sheâd known all of them for more than half her life. but between the haze of weed and the soft look in his eyes, trusting him had felt like the most natural thing to do. sheâs saying how she feels without over analyzing it, or mapping out all the possible ways it could shift the way he sees her. but she doesnât think heâs going to run or balk at her baggage. âitâs going to take a little more than a couple of rumours of the bodies underneath your floorboard to spook me. besidesâ i donât think serial killers have highlighters soââ she doesnât notice how little space is between them until itâs too late. she can see the flecks of light blue around his irisâ and the dusting of freckles across his cheeks. her heart speeds up and her breath slowsâ âitâsâŠâ she forgets what sheâs saying the longer she stays caught up in his gaze, it feels a little bit like quicksand. sheâs stuck. and she likes itâ âuh--â she tears her eyes from his after a few long moments, keeps her eyes on the pageâand tries to understand why she feels breathless. âumâ final destination ideasâ iâm thinkingâ charleston? maybe? or new orleans? or is that too farâŠâ the words come out in a rush that betrays her nervousness. âw-where have you always wanted to go?â
tempestâs attention rests on him, heavy and palpable. he knows it's his imagination, but he can't remember the last time heâs felt anything even close to what heâs feeling today. like heâs awake. aware. alive. and yet. he wanted, he needed ⊠something. noah tries to shut away that inexplicable feeling, like heâs on the cusp of something, by immersing himself in planning. heâs nowhere near as good at that as tempest but itâs fun, nevertheless. â aâight, so weâll take the backroads but how about we stop in dc ? do some crazy shit there. like eat at some exclusive restaurant and then make a run for it, without paying. or iâll take you shoplifting there. itâs as thrilling as here ⊠just that the stakes are a little higher. then we can make a detour to virginia beach. yâknow, thereâs actual water. and a nudist beach, just in case. â he inches closer, a sudden urgency in his tone. â whatever we plan now, promise me youâll finally do something just for yourself. â
noah recognizes and treasures the gift tempestâs giving him. itâs evident trusting doesnât come easy to her and itâs nothing short of a small miracle that despite knowing him so little, she trusts him almost naturally. he clears his throat. â it feels easy to trust you too, iâ actually, youâre the only person iâve told about ⊠my family situation, what my father was like. â still, thereâs something he hasnât told her about, something heâs sure will make her draw back, appalled, call everything off. thing is, his asshole of a father didnât die of natural causes. when noah was still young and desperate, heâd asked a local ex-con that was now a small celebrity in their world to help him get rid of his father, for good. he wanted all of it just to end, protect his brother, his mother, himself. and now he has to pay the price for it, do everything said gang boss told him to do. and should their acquaintanceship last longer than that road trip, tempest should know what she was dealing with. the last thing he wanted was to put her in harms way. i donât think serial killers have highlighters. the smile on his face is inevitable but after a while it thins until he inches even closer, to underline the importance of his statement. â speaking of bodies underneath my floorboard. thereâs something i have to tell yââ his heart stops and his breath stutters because tempest is suddenly so goddamn close. so close in fact, he can make out the lunar-shaped shadows her eyelashes are painting onto her cheeks. every cell in noahâs body snaps to attention, his skin alight with anticipation and for some reason heâs sure, it has nothing to do with the blunt in his hand. itâs tempest starts and breaks off apparently, her breath ghosting against his cheek and he really has no idea what sheâs on about because heâs long lost in the darkness of her eyes - again - and theyâre locked on his until she looks away and the moment breaks and he releases the breath heâs been holding with a gust. â uhm â, he answers eloquently, mind reeling. what was that ? â no, itâs not. charleston ? sweet. â honestly ? he wouldâve agreed to bloody tokyo in the state he was in, his brain completely short-circuited. he blinks when she stutters, nervousness radiating off of her andâ wait, was she as nervous as he was ? â honestly i donât fucking care where we go, as long as itâs with you â, he says before he can stop himself.
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