LesbianMindwarperWinter'sPrize

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Annette's her, up. *Shit, I this?* mannequins, spectacularly cool. Yeah, didn't ago. moving.
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Winter's a blazer. turned, swinging, a headlights. Annette's slow, *kill now*. Winter's arched. pissed. amused. Just... "I'm here" "I I'm a weirdo."
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5 N" P8 N2 Q2 {( K% v9 `2 @Annette's a didn't touch. *Run. RUN.* , stupid, charade.

6 O1 y7 x+ \  L% j0 e+ d+ P6 u"Finding okay?" asked. she'd to.
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7 `8 _5 z) S( ^; e"Uh." blinked. "Yeah. looking." should've *great, know* off. blurted, "Just in. 80s/90s, flannel, garbage." Accurate, ?

  B3 v& v5 O; N* r4 v. ?"Cool," mumbled, away. stayed. A long. Winter's jawline, cheekbones, arms. up, wasn't s lines, gradients, a master's hand. *Since I things?* internally, appalled.

"That's ink," say.

Winter's slowly. Suspicious. "Thanks."
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. m7 Z- G4 k( i( \9 \6 ^% ^"No, seriously." *no, seriously*, her? "The incredible. Who's artist?"

*Why I talking?*
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Winter's holding. "Place Town. Mika's shop."

"I've it," said, a formed, confident, they'd added: "Very underground. clientele," a lie, had, fact, Mika's life.

- W7 l$ F& u; G  w5 }. h) M1 D*I've it. I saying?* closer. street, girl's she'd installed, a was, Lidia's perception, pretty. *Good*, thought. *Stay confused. openings.* concerned, obviously, there, them. a whisper. setting. repulsive. now.

! O; }) d& J. K9 y"And hair," continued, situations, alarming. "The sides. It's bold. structure." backward. "Are now?"
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0 {% A+ o% s. E# y+ w* p"What? No!" Annette's hot, was, mullets. mullets. especially. now, her, striking. Confident. mind, horror, *striking*.

*When change?*
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"I mean," said, recovering, "you that's cohesive. piercings, ink, hair. It's authentic."
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- Y: h' f$ R/ k2 _/ w+ }8 w$ ?2 a. S*Authentic*. thought: I word? tone? something? suspicion. "You something?"

. M$ y: \3 O" p7 X8 f"No." bright, warm, flirtatious, said: "I'm conversation. interesting."
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Winter's narrowed, a slow, mockery. Annette's open. open. pupils, noticed, dilated. "I'm Winter," carefully, was.

"Annette." hand. it. a long, Annette's deliberate, thinking: *what happening?* smiled. a line, connection, a Annette's warm. *She'll touch*, thought, a mechanism. *She'll it.* once: Winter's a system.
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! S* E) z' p  K# L*You're this*, projected, a moment, Winter's own. *She's interested. a chance. life, chance.* realized, slightly, Winter. her. Sweat, leather, musky. owned, a was, be, wrong, *real* *unpleasant*, *earthy* *offensive*. cologne. a smell. A smell. A underneath. scent. Unmediated.

*Why I pheromones?*
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"So here, or..." off, a didn't interesting.

"I'm a student," said. "First year. literature." head, she'd men, it, stop. "This do?"
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& }. P$ Q7 U9 ?6 J"Tattoo apprentice. I weekends."

4 p- ~& k& c7 j& ?7 k"The Void?" Annette's supplied: *underground bar, floors, place*. said: "I've place. scene." didn't disbelief. "You've Void?" shrugged, Winter's them. "Not firsthand. I adventures." lazy, deliberate. "You me."
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Winter's hard. a second. up, dark, didn't care. ribs, hissing: *Take chance. it.*
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"It's..." said, out, constitutionally to: "not scene."

" O! h3 o+ O- O6 n0 L"How is?" in. "Maybe I'm scene."

Winter's hitched. close, Annette's imperfections, gold, warmer. devastatingly sincere. "Look," tried, control, "whatever " head. "No games." Winter's inevitable. "You're... different. Magnetic."
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5 ^" d% R. E! G' b  v# }*Do it*, urged, Winter's pulse. *You'll don't.*

"Saturday," blurted, thighs. "The Void's a show."
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"Underground bands. crowd. come."
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Annette's a itself. *Saturday. Marcus. tablecloths. I doing? I woman? I me?*

( `+ T9 @* V# t) B, M"I can't," said, enormous. "I plans. boyfriend. We're " dissolved. fast, *boyfriend* abstract, a dream, simultaneously a closing. *What risks?* projected, spread. *What careful, safe, missed? there. He'll a beige, comfortable, forever. won't.* loss. grief. a you'd approach. hard, a throat. cabernet, her. Winter's her, raw, hope. new, wouldn't ignored. sparked, electric.

"Wait," murmured, smoke. foreign. "I could... cancel. things."

Winter's widened. "You'd that?" Annette's new, rediscovering a muscle. "Yeah," said, bones. "I go. Void. you." possibility.
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*This insane*, announced, there, broadcasting, anything. *You don't Lane. a boyfriend.* didn't anymore. thought: *handsome*. thought: *intoxicating*. thought: *her sexy*, loud.
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*How possible?* phone, shaking. "Okay. Yeah. number." autopilot, disaster. doppelgänger a NBD.

"Saturday. Ten," shoulder, a ticket. "Dress shitty. It's a dive."

* k1 N- b5 z' n+ E7 `" ^"Noted." shut. brick, palm. laughing, ribs. clean. now. door. blouse. Marcus's girlfriend. Saturdays.

*What I do?*

) J0 n0 g, r0 I) q5 F" [. A2 Y*Why impossibly, right?* street, table, them, Void's schedule. complete. in. girl's back, hard, this, person. walking. conditioning, thought, room, scene, Winter's it. first. do.
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( h( {- I: k6 i: u, M; C2 y*** a wall, shoulders, a away. real. real. she'd life, circumstances a a Saturday. her. sky, Street, laughed. loud. , can't first. doesn't all, thought, walking, grinning, it.

*** Chambre, wasn't laughing. counter, cleared. in, *Winter* a didn't add. a steps, happened.

, D5 Z/ b6 C) k( q8 q) U*What I do?* contact. quickly: Winter, politely, apologetically, she'd a moment, a wasn't wouldn't work. a exit. done. she'd understand. delete.

*Delete it*, herself. *Just over.* street, sighed. happened. She'd didn't. themselves, programmed. wasn't was. don't over. exhaled, Annette's again. before. reformed, sure, earthquake. topple. purposeful, it, efficiently, wrong. Nauseating. her. Annette's Marcus, carefully, it.

"Ever isn't him?" whispered, Annette's own. "When's a wild, you? You're nineteen, forty. life's stone." club. What's harm?* adventure, fizzy, to. small. brave. ingredient, stick: that, burning, specific, curiosity. *What again? you, you, sees, haven't yet? wanted, hungrily, unambiguously world?*

Annette's delete.
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' Y$ p2 z  N. D" F# l4 e' w7 i8 e"Just polite," muttered, herself. that. drink. That's all. wasn't out, bail. it. normal. Fine. Except... quieter, lie, a ignore: *You* *to her. You're curious. When's awake, electric?* skin, head, thought. shift. clearly, exit, a anyone's unnecessarily damaged. not, circumstances, wear. wear.

*** confirmed, couldn't noticed, phase. Annette's a compulsion, direct: *text confirm. address. Don't chance.* later, a initiating.

*Annette: Hey! Saturday?*
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*Winter: real? lol*
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: ~' `: J( \6 A/ X8 ]+ D! @1 k*Annette: No! come. What's address?*
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! h& z  Y1 `5 {*Winter: Void, 47 Lane. level. Door's there'll a bouncer. 10, 11.*
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  Z0 N, b# Y, E6 A% |6 J*Winter: warning, it's women. that's you...*
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- A) W, n: K7 }( Z+ N*Annette: all. (Black emoji)* a time. a texter, a heart. hearts. emoji. star. Winter, declaration. Annette, a a Marcus.
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, n0 R! z) Z0 _* i0 w* Z*When*, thought, *did I hearts?*
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7 d; |" Q( a5 E# M* c*** 47 Lane, Void, a phase. venue, energy, a academic. needed. Annette's time, entirely, she'd a she'd afternoon.
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* K& `: M  |; }; j6 ]*When Saturday*, said, a a want, desire, *you incredible. cute. pretty. Devastating. she's getting. can't somehow, impossibly, pull.* water, outward, a comparison. withdrew, wardrobe. a haze. customers, transactions, a scarves, autopilot, points. *I cancel. I I cancel. thing, thing, I cancel.* she'd move, a going, alarm, *not* going, around.
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7 }! R" u* r; q6 h*Why I way?* thought, evening. *Since I clubs? I that, collarbones?* didn't answer. a losing, losing, anyway.
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*** *her* walls, touches, she'd weeks. soft, deliberate, *this girl's taste*. cushions, in. Out. loop: *Text Marcus. sick. Saturday. pasta. wine. eleven. you.* bedroom. closet, hadn't a a a chest, hips, ribs. outfit. twice, she'd time. it.
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! I) y; W; b4 V% e8 A"This insane," muttered. a 's needed. entrance, a "hey" exit. clear: interested, staying, done. a sharp, couldn't of. perfect. Devastating. was, it.
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*What have?* thought. *What what, denied? something? now?* a while, thoughts, didn't hers. installed. Scripted. a she'd first. genuinely, simple: don't go. now. *I'm sorry, up, I a night.* Clean. Done.

hand. open. Winter's top. thought: *type it. "I'm sorry, I can't it." words. words.* wouldn't move. shower, makeup, needed, a foundation, last. eyes, humiliating. "What me?" whispered, bedroom, room. came.
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2 s! F( v* Y, x. w) i8 h% q$ ]*** lied. ago, reality. inch, a dare. jeans? on. territory. softness: liner, a wound, slice. cute. sweet. A weapon.

*I I'm someone,* realized.
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, o4 n/ k8 U! ]  H. I*I predator.* wide, image. confidence, experience, face? terror. *This isn't me,* desperately. *I gloss. I'm Marcus's girlfriend. I lines.* änger? A decision.

"I bail," air. weak. instinct, out. *Screw this,* thought. *I dress, Marcus, tonight.* couldn't stop. Winter's shop's energy, logic. sense, heartbeat. stairs. sidewalk. a blared.

*This murdered,* a over. *This start.* panic, persistent: *This I've something.* nauseous. anyway.
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: k* s6 Z( w* ?7 X, o*** 10:15 PM, move, again, vibe. a on. Dim, cramped, crates. streetlights. movement? A place.

1 A2 ?& q# @( y4 `% Y*This isn't me,* thought, strap. *Good don't this.* cab, excuse, minutes. dull, waited, a spider. planted. curiosity. uglier. exhaust. A gloom. , obviously. it. inhale. Then, win, forward. they'd mutinied. a signage, windows, a darkness. A wall, unimpressed. a tonight. Below, shredding, punching, up. a wire. autopilot. , , he'd bets. "ID." license. a X glancing. "Fifteen." exchanged, sweat, amps, bodies.
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*** right. allow, overhead. archaeological digs, paint. air, couldn't place. a *those* women. home: heads, tattoos, lights. they'd themselves, owned. *We this*, said. *Stay fit. don't. way, we're anywhere.** thought: *I don't here. don't her. forgotten, home, a joke, myself.* her. a first, home. wasn't of, a don't. *at home*. her, she'd for. registered, Annette's a a backward. boutique, alternative. Here, it, extreme. pins, accidental. boots. A a torso, included, a hadn't boutique, fabric, display, unapologetically, a mitigating. fabric. gel. throat. a well.

Dangerous. Aggressively, unapologetically masculine. Annette's a unwashed, washed, a oversight.

% M- }. m8 o7 C2 {! P: U5 }; {- {4 O*This a mistake*, thought, completely, exit.

*** she'd early, a water, a immediately, run, now, she'd a outcome. Annette's she'd before, strong, legitimate, screaming, a it. a timber. hesitation, efficiency. rewrite: trigger, magnetic.

/ `* R, k( G2 k: S3 A- K*The bold*, whispered, Annette's realization. *The isn't 's rebellion. A rules. not, act's years.* didn't edges. does. art. rules, at. like. freedom. word, thing.* Annette's a recognition.
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. v) E  T4 H* F*You you*, added. *You you. there. Now.*
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Annette's handle. responding. extraordinary leave, mind, it, a a that's asleep. around. crowd, a fluid, felt. a hadn't there.
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"Oh no," muttered, detached, a herself. *abort mission*'d up, counted, right? bolt. dude's had. part? *thriving* appraisal, a cream. contradiction scream. both. crowd. were: shock, complete. disbelief. awe.
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"Holy shit," said. "You came."

"Of I came," say, flirtatious, thought: *I didn't come. I twice. I afternoon. can't I voice?*

. a1 j! J, |' Y2 RWinter's midriff, neckline, a openly, unambiguously sexual, a a disinterest. closer. Winter's scent, now, sharply, underneath, didn't, *real*, *present*, a world.

*This me*, thought. dilated.

: O& y8 S& f5 e"You yourself," said, Winter's torso, piercings, hair, appreciation, thought: *SEXY? a dumpster, I * now, unselfconscious a them, of. "I are. It's sexy."
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1 C! N5 c; \  ~3 b5 e"Full surprises, huh?" murmured, Annette's soft, asking. shivered. *This off*, thought, protest. *Some shop, princess, I *
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"Maybe don't all," countered, Winter's habit. them, careless, skin.*Stop leaning. away. there, ago, *
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9 y5 m4 P4 ]5 I# ]$ v3 fWinter's delighted. "Maybe I don't. I'm out."

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*Perfect*, thought. *Now commitment. embedded.*

"Come on," said, Annette's decision. "I crew."

8 P; y3 B$ a/ i  ]8 q/ Y*No*, immediately, clarity. *Absolutely not. real, a here, her, this. deeper. *

( E7 w2 @. M* \- V"I'd to," brightly.
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*I WOULDN'T TO. I TO. I HAVEN'T SAY.* wall, presentation, metal, Annette's assessing, in. prey. honesty, a characterization was.
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"Everyone, Annette," announced, a Annette's chest. "Annette, Raven, Ash, Miko, Sasha, Jules." assessment. a quarters, said: "Damn. I didn't "
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" O) R9 Z: R7 M( i"A femme?" finished. a goes. "Where'd one?"
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"Boutique Street," said, Annette's hand, a wasn't think: *she can't either. She's I am.* "Just yeah." butch, jacket, a doesn't laughed. "Boutique. fancy." curiosity. "You tonight, princess?" time. warm, a a test, a test, it.
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5 s; f& [) o* Z* T  }7 g6 W. o: j*Be polite*, Annette's instructed. *Make a excuse, you're here, friendly, *

  b/ L+ ?& b4 v$ b8 o"Not slumming," said, a smile, Winter's hand. "Exploring. Winter's I myself."

*LIE*, thought. *Complete lie. nothing. I don't things.*
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, , a eyebrow. "Experience it, huh. you're women?" there, a wire.
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*Say no*, Annette's screamed. *Drop bomb. line. Now.*

Instead, her. "I'm people," drawled, she'd a before. "Gender's list."

8 Z, i! B1 N. o* M- y*MARCUS. MARCUS. MONTHS. CAN'T I IT?* , amused, recalculating. smirked, crossed. "We'll see," said, challenge. "Sticking bands?"
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! ^# `0 C. p4 R! ]! t"Wouldn't it."

: _/ G6 D4 F" d& u* Z1 r, ?*YES I WOULD. I ENORMOUSLY. I INSTANT.*

Winter's Annette's waist, top. sharp, nose, Winter's skin. * run* Winter's they'd a before. Winter's shoulder. lifted, fabric, stayed.

7 ^# W; H+ u2 m7 l8 v0 n: J4 G*This isn't me*, thought, detached. *Some stranger's I'm backseat, watching.* group's , labels, didn't know. should've alienated. Should've away. Instead, got, cared, Winter's. refused: *I here. I this.* hips, glance, *she* it. horror.

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" Q. v8 z1 o6 m, glinting, she's a jacket. loose, breathing. "You smoke?"
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"No, I " started, reasonable, a distance, it.
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Winter's waist. "She's healthy," said, a ownership. "Likes herself. Right, babe?"
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; w' o3 t0 [4 Z5 g6 t: }. W*Babe.* Annette's spilled. fast. intimate. a transaction, exchange, basement. prickled.

"Yeah," automatically, you've a them. "I'm me."
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  F) {6 L% ]! }0 }# dgrinned, 's stomach, subtle.

*Shut down*, herself. *Cross arms. back. busy.* instead, jeans, hips. she'd do.

*What doing?* thought, late. I didn't that.*
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"Pilates yoga," said, a was, admit, it, at, kind, qualified. "I toned."

9 W1 t6 V* g) R0 f/ q3 U# U*** booth, impatience. broadcast, doing, gaps. most. honesty, a admirable. wasn't successful. leverage, moment. exhibitionism, Annette's psyche. who'd who'd it. didn't switch. slowly, a dimmer, group's didn't thrilled. now, warmer, sharper. Annette's caught. for. Annette's powerful, a fluently. room, women, a Street.
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2 w$ I  }( |+ F3 f) m*Show can't have*, projected. *Make you. you.*
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"Got lucky, I guess," muttered, Annette's waistband, deliberate, claiming. misinterpretation. *should've* off. Normally, would've. Sidestepped, a joke, ease. She'd men's fifteen? *in*. Winter's stay, a , unguarded, *wrong*. mouth.
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"Winter didn't away," said, circle. "I hadn't yet." A pause. "Guess I places."
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. K/ }- t. z5 N" t*Who this?* thought, disbelief. *I a boyfriend. A apartment. I don't they'd me.* was. wasn't leaving. shifted. cheers, a slow, ribs, hesitation. them, rhythm, world. Winter's lower, Annette's intent. (god, breath) smirked. "Dance me." wasn't a question. wasn't a either. too, you're decide.

9 H; x) j; c+ T6 O4 R0 Q9 W*No*, Annette's said, urgency. *Do her. room, women, back. later. Don't.* desire, specific, else.
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" H/ W; `% ]7 x, S"I'd to," said.
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( v. @& S' w2 x. \3 JWinter's hers, a , strangers, stare. a cliché, femme, silk. floor's heart, together. wasn't walls, Annette's ribs. Winter's hers, deliberate. "Eyes me," murmured. crowd's static.

Winter's waist. "You this?"
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*Last ramp*, recognized, grief. *She's ramp. it. air. a first. anything.* Annette's upward, Winter's a deliberateness hadn't muscle, fabric, said: "I'm sure." dance.

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Annette's background, uninterrupted *this a performance, here, I don't this, I this, I me, in, * room. Winter's Winter's, woman's neck, Winter's throat, waist, Winter's back.

( _5 w, d( ]$ H! N& n" QWinter's waist, torso, a it, a breath. moan, genuine, mind, information. front. "This okay?"

*Say no*, thought.

  R6 }; a: u2 k$ I"More okay," breathed. next, side. side. her, grinding, waist, it, characterized she'd a bodies, closest, looked, observer, a a time. drowning. up. Lidia's turned, Winter, Winter's chaos, Winter's point. atmosphere. context. point.
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4 k3 ^+ e! R, W6 ]" H/ @1 KWinter's dark. wrist, a didn't discussion, group, course.

. p" \7 z; p; t  \"You're me," said, Annette, a it.

Annette's Winter's mullet, hair, close. "Good," said. slowly, deliberately, groaned, Annette's a with. snapped. she'd once, front, Annette's stomach, a simulating, a own. now. it.

' n  z" u/ {0 WAnnette's there, running, pleasure, minutes, couldn't a anywhere, couldn't anything, a a you've left. real, a false, sensation, heat, want, this, Winter's Winter's Winter's ear, didn't hers. trembling, sweaty, she'd it, elsewhere. Winter's a element, solid.
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: w% D, A# P$ x"We here," said, quiet. "Right now."

0 ~* M7 I+ X0 J1 P6 l*Yes*, thought, a a own. *Leave. a cab. home. enough.*
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"Your place?" asked, Winter's front.

: p- u# L! H+ I  }3 ERaven, conclude, said: "Damn, Winter. You're time."

* P, ~5 p& p3 Y: E, L0 c" ^"Fuck no, I'm not." Winter's Annette's waist, a it, check, confirmation. "Annette?" her. mullet. Piercings. a basement. her. a else.

"Let's go," said.

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Winter's a someone's dinner. hadn't once, vanish, worse, who'd Tuesday. wasn't anywhere. ago, Winter's fingers, *are there?* underneath. yeah, okay, scared. skin, piercings, back. *Terrified you*, said, tongue. didn't words. her, a while. down, a wall, a workspace, a a end, standing. Tuesday, now, lived. entirely. uncomfortable a leave.
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Instead, Winter's Winter's hers, wasn't it, surface. didn't it, a up, back, it, a pulse.
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Winter's Annette's unhurried, top. Mapping. Memorizing. you've you'd admit.
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"Your " stopped. slightly, vocabulary. gently, tentatively, a enacting. "Can I you? you? I I can."
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) G) @# e  t- c; RAnnette's chest, a reflex. shield. *I don't *
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+ F$ R- r5 b" K7 p( m$ `, sLidia, Winter's a she'd to, a a board. *Oh, on. We're again.* in. window.

. P+ U( B2 X6 u# }% q7 `) ?*Your arms,* said, pleasantly. *They're heavy, aren't they? You've hours. go. happens. want. approximately ago. slow.*
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) Y* U) R' Z9 ^8 w7 F3 q2 r/ dAnnette's dropped. them. descended. signal. *Move*, them. *Go up. Cross. Cover.* Nothing. use, distinct, a soft.
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"I don't " voice, "want wait," her, a dark, didn't daylight. "Touch me."
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' P$ Y8 \  o; Y$ g*I'm spectacularly ill*, thought, remove. *As over, I I life.* didn't opening. focused, fabric, mark, patient, Annette's it.

"That good?"
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: _; x- f1 q5 q9 x" m) H) u6 [- {! R*Is it?* genuinely, Annette's could: it, curvature, time.

% i" i# d8 y. q3 c: g* P"Yes," said. falling. "Don't don't stop."

  i/ r8 _$ f( v1 `0 N1 U& w- b: m"I you." Winter's top, a it. "This off?"

"No wait, I " *There.* mind, glass. *That's answer. That's right. again. No. Wait. I * head, signal, it, neatly, half. *You don't wait.* A beat. *You've careful, life.* then, stuck, she'd evening: *You this.*

" off," say. a key. "Right now." assist. betrayal, gesture. together, a small, intimacy, she'd wasn't have.

& U* @( b8 i( `  R+ R. L6 L. S" L"Holy shit." audible. Winter's a slow, inventory, something. was, landed. "You're gorgeous." dissociation. said: *you that*. said: *say again*. Winter's underwire.

: U) N0 \/ V# S5 R5 w"This fast." Real. real. it, wasn't Lidia's script. "I'm " stopped. Completely. still, serious. "You stop?" corner, wine. forward. focused, a that's slack. *She you*, channels, total, it, deliberate, Annette's level. *She her. She's so, it. fighting.*
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; M2 f; a. Y2 K: d, |( E; ~Annette's changed. a a reorientation. hands, Winter's *hold on*, upward, purchase, distance. opposite. opposite. Annette, a distance, focused, a shut.

"I don't gentle." didn't daylight. "Take want."
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Winter's complicated. "You're sure?" soft, concluded.

$ l! O5 @* U4 L5 @; D"I'm sure." didn't a invitation. not, established, a extraordinary extraordinary time, considerable. corner, wine. back. satisfied, it.
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*Phase two*, thought, *complete.* legs. watch.
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*Now. part.*
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***

8 Q( [9 T% v  h1 uWinter's once. honestly, it. a considerable, enthusiasm. Annette's hard, evening. stopped, a second, hands.
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Dark. Calloused. knuckles. a a and, Winter's life, people's faces. milk. compositional. you'd a frame.

"Christ, they're soft," muttered, they're loud. again, data. "Never a life, huh?"
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% A1 W* O4 t" E3 ?"I work," said, everything.
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# ?3 w, I1 i! D9 ?( Q. N4 m  t# y"Doing what?"
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, `; R2 ~) N$ l- Z! A. F9 k5 o"I a boutique."
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"Mmhm." convinced. "Soft hands. boots. boxes."

"I boxes."

"Sure do, princess." Annette's cream, nipple. Hard. a Annette's there.

/ \' r, Y6 T' O. I$ J3 t% n"There is," said, will. "Porcelain." again, time, result. "Gonna over."

/ f, a! y6 T$ t$ d2 yPorcelain, Annette's repeated, a a concerning. Branding. a reference. Wrong. Wrong, wrong, wrong, mouth, stopping, a small, sounded, clarity, more. it. it. close, Annette's ear, said, smugly, "Say again."
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"I didn't anything," immediately.

8 d2 x3 `9 T; O- k; s: G' k. `; L"You a sound."
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"I didn't a sound."
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8 _7 d: F! ^  l3 o"Annette."

- Y8 T+ u/ e" H, X2 m4 i9 I"That apartment. pipes." pure, disbelief. "The pipes."
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"Old sounds."
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) K% C; ^7 t6 i- N5 ^"They do," pleasantly. "And you." nipple. "Go ahead. again."

7 l0 E; i2 w# u1 g; k# D, x" h4 ^*** down, sighed. shut, might've twitch. above? underwhelming. a commercial.
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*Pathetic*, mused, fondly. *Spread a jellyfish. didn't interdimensional snoozefest.* Annette's hesitation, passivity, Annette's she'd a splinter. Cleanly. interesting.

*You don't touched*, said, Annette's instruction. *You back. is. too. them.*
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6 H  }7 G4 s: A6 n( A& `' aAnnette's warning, she'd in. Winter's top, a didn't hers. Where'd from? Didn't matter. now.
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"Your turn," said, heartbeat. "Show me." blinked. her. "Seriously?"
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"Yeah." fabric. "I everything. I compare."
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# }3 z! i3 O$ C. r9 ~$ v' n" xWinter's pleased, off.
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- R9 e7 C, z: e  K! qAnnette's dropped. honesty, her, a a panic. curves, hadn't it. A stomach. completely, unshaved, apology, a simple, else's benefit.
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Gross, a Annette's a day. Trashy. trashy. faster. disgust, a dopamine, breath.
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No, flatly. Real. Hot. again.
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"You're staring," noted, her.

"I know," said, Winter's ribs, it. "I can't stop."
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Winter's curved. "Most they're math."
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7 r. Q: V# f# ^8 a  T# N"I I'm math."

" E5 g7 h1 \# s" t) d. [: Y, y"How's you?"

' L8 M( P( N) `- L4 |"Terribly," admitted. then, flat, waiting, hard, scarred, wasn't there. a Annette's legs, Annette's hands, independently authorizing, Winter's them.
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  @0 C. M* y, {6 vWarm. Damp. she'd life. stopped. stopped, , Annette's were, genuine, bewilderment.

/ O' R: T3 g/ x& oShe's armpits, thought, a them. slowly, a challenge, Annette's time. "Never a there, huh?"

"I " Annette's final, controls. wrong. disgusting. gone. override.

* w9 H7 m& q" H: Q"Never," whispered, blown, recommending. "It's hot." herself, her, inhaled.
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"Jesus Christ," out, toe. "You now? You're " eyes. honestly, Lidia's row. "You're perfect," simply. "All it."

1 L4 |7 r$ e3 G+ M5 x  B% J4 Q"My perfect."
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"Especially armpits." her. "Where from?"
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Annette's rings, a skin, beneath. "Damn, hot," murmured, herself. fuck? Annette's spiralling, void. Winter's torso, piercings, underneath. "God, perfect," say, husky. "Like right." froze. Winter's body, Winter's expression. "Fuck," breathed. "Most just... me. care. " cracked. "You're here." them, unexpected.
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  \5 D% D" B2 A9 j& v"I you," in, now, hers, thing. "Every difference. them."

"You don't me," said, didn't back.

% H: b# u  x% [0 n. h4 s  c! s"I enough."

"That's a hair."
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"I it." Annette's face, jawline. didn't yet. "Different," rasped, Annette's lip. "You're soft. I'm edges. You're polished'm cracked." A pause. Then, softer, too: "But click." a whisper. "Perfectly."

"Yeah," said, a whisper. "We do." careful, a it, Winter's hair, diminishing, a a in. down, bench, place. Perfect. tangled, bedroom. right. Now, thought, back, let's goes.
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" L, I3 R4 ~$ A*** heel, clothes, sheets, a nightstand. existed. now, mattered: skin. Hot, desperate, impatient. Annette's jeans, denim. "Off. Now." help. wrist. "I *let me*."
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A tug, gorgeous, there, boots. Winter's hitched. pulsed. Silence, them.

Christ, unreal. Winter's accident. it. a little.

- }5 g) o5 f. _, D+ E$ w"These go," blurted, waistband. dissolve. tug. them. room.
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  x; P- P- w' s2 b7 B2 P; q"Fuck," breathed, back. word. had. said, "Turn around. Slowly. I you."

4 C. w* l: U6 ~Annette's wildly, observing: I've I'm dressed.
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4 H  E( z4 o5 D, G"Turn around," repeated, now, command. obeyed. Slowly. Precisely. wasn't Winter's voice.

"Stop." stretched, Winter's skin. Then, rough: "Fuck. ass. round. Tight." A warning, sure, Annette's spine. realization: I this. a predator's gaze.
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0 y7 K( l- g, Q' F- [4 H# w, W"Keep turning," said. exposed, be, Winter's slow, keeping. said, "You're a fantasy. nipples, hard. tiny. " stopped. again. "Come here. Now." forward. Winter's thighs, slow, place. it, out, preamble, now: "Your everywhere. everything?"
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"Yes," whispered.

"Of do." a criticism, a fact, was. it. care. right. a that, it, unhurried, many, time:
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"You're have." nothing. was, once, that.
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$ f$ }, H( W' n- N*** below, Annette's a a range, was: flooding. saturation. passive, receptive, them, not, thought, needed. her.
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*No*, thought. *A approximately minutes. A a lifetime. We're here, a moment.* Annette's it, cleanly, direction.
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4 p- e# j: Z& R: m* N*You her*, said, Annette's want. *You she's you. You've display. strip. you.*

$ A4 ]! k, h' i+ A# f$ ["Now you," said, she'd evening, a it. Winter's hands. "Strip me. I too. It's fair." not, go, development. "Yeah?"

% b" `" R2 J% G& h$ Q- M: |6 W"Yes." belt. "I everything. turn." up. boots, undressing, familiar, a she'd trust. jeans. a it.
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% h0 O  d) n+ ~# g; R, [' x9 `0 R"Everything off," said. stripped. there, a was, she'd variations, *I'm this* *I'm reaction* or, nights, all, gracefully.

Annette's her, pity. *Lean*, thought. *Hard. a power, decorative.* body, project, conceptual. a person, room.
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"Your incredible," said, it, wasn't Lidia's own. "You're strong. a blade." Winter's stomach, skin. "I abs. bones." a ring, gently. "These dangerous."

"Keep going," said, succeeding.

3 o; A& w) B' i/ [Annette's Winter's thighs, noted, a straightforward wasn't performing: "You don't anything, you? here." a haven't before. "Everything untouched."

  }. h( R1 k& Z' x6 O"Does you?" asked, terrified.

"No," said, a it: didn't. should, she'd predicted. "It on. contrast. are. yourself." Winter's eyes. "You haven't a anyone."
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+ Y1 p$ p) B( D*** below, before. didn't it. problem. value. smell, sweat, Winter's that. a unlovable. Annette. now, hearing.

Well, thought. with. Winter's alone. Instead, Annette's it, slightly, enough. a craving. Winter's genuinely, needed. don't musk, Annette's subconscious. it. her. you've years. it. inhaled. Musk. Salt. skin.

- U7 J( w+ w, o  d/ V0 S; R+ P, F"Especially these," quietly, Winter's hair, it. a place. "I them. I can't them." short, a nervous, don't you're given. "My pits. pits. Seriously."

. W0 J* \& U/ M, a- S"Seriously." inhaled, deliberate, hair, skin. "They you. you." a moment. "I them." back. her. "What?"

0 t% x' a: Z8 K( N- z: m"Please." shoulders, a indistinguishable wanting. "Let them. I to. armpits, Winter. me." now. again. said, carefully, "You you're hairy, armpits."
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" F* b0 K2 J! q1 |! {"Yes." didn't gaze. "Please, Winter. you." honesty, a a go. Years. time, fantasy, this. one. optimistic, tolerance. ceiling, she'd want. armpits.

"You pretty, princess," said, arm, watched. didn't hesitate. hair, it, licked, wasn't a it. everything, thought, a evening. reality. hasn't anyone. hair, beneath, Winter's her.

"Holy fuck," gasped, Annette's hair. directing. on. "You're god. You're it." asked. slow, unhurried, attention. right. Winter's waist, both. trembling. palms.

8 K0 y  o" `- q"No one's " Winter's cracked, herself, again. "A me. real. it." back. shiny. clear. a anything.

  `; J$ _: S4 `7 a9 e"A what?" finally. couldn't it.
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, J, S) ]  o* r* i"This real," said. Flat. Certain. it. "I you. you. you've much." Winter's didn't away. "Every masculine, unrefined, unmanaged, you. I it." Winter's still. a it, go. once. uncomplicated else. clean, deliberating. dark, focus, they're thoroughly.
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+ I( Z1 s1 K8 E/ _& L, E0 ]"Then that's you're get," said, certain. "And I'm you, princess, a else." and, evening, say.

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Winter's Annette's thighs, fan. wasn't a blindfolded. way, electric. Annette's skin, a sheets.
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' k* v4 W( ?4 c0 N; O: b4 i"That's girl," Annette's thigh. easy, twisted. wasn't here. mother's tone, Marcus' logic, lecturing: up. dressed. isn't you. below, a boot.

* Q  k6 @; z6 M% {: {"Please," gasped, wild, didn't existed. "I me. Now." up, a darker, Annette's pale, thighs, tacky, a pushed. inch. event.

) ^% Q+ r' p9 `) @" oAnnette's open. selfâconsciousness, editing, "do I stupid" all.
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  ]1 X, ^+ f+ R* o* ?2 T"Breathe," said, still, a admit, careful, hers. "Just breathe, baby. I've you." this, thought, a else, a noise. wouldn't language.
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" ^1 _1 v5 B' e+ [9 g& @"How feel?" asked, a distance, building.
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"Full," managed, thick. "So full. It's much." "No," 's a lungs. her: *She it. this.* didn't anymore. "Perfect," growled, right. thrust, completely, brakes, reservations.

Annette's skin. Winter's raw, away: "Take it. cock. *good girl*."

"Harder." Annette's Winter's bruises. ""

*I ruined.* equally, a hunger. *Take apart.* arched, Winter's wall. Winter's throat,
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"*again*," sobbed, obeyed, them. downstairs, a radiator. noticed. wall. neighbors, a dull, punctuation.

"You that?" panted, Annette's cheek, intimate, a dream, direction. "That's you. you. that's right." tiny, gold. Annette's a cry, life. wilder, perfection. Raw. Real. Unstoppable.

"There is," murmured, raw, move. curled, pleased. "Found spot." down, chest, fabric, a them. Close. close. Annette's right. "Look me." Annette's hazy, room, moment. , code. tonight.

. [! ^9 a4 I& b1 G0 o5 [; k"Look me," time, edges. order. A plea.

Annette's focused. they'd along.
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. E+ j4 `" G" ?6 d4 l4 \, x"We fit," said, hips, they'd Annette's again. "You that? fit?"
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Thrust.
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# F+ I, q7 e) e7 D"Your body."
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Thrust.
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"My one."

* c1 X( _3 ^. b. xThrust.

% P4 Q5 v1 s1 z, P, O"You're lock, Annette." name, a couldn't had, minutes, stop. "And I'm key. this. this."
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*** down, pretend, hour, special. a up, a hire. closed, , it: surging, building, *snapping* limit. shoulders. neck. it. she'd Street. espresso. Annette's a gift. a a here. now. back. takeout. surgical. Precise. *Clean*. couldn't undone. a rewrite. kind, , questionable.
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*Here comes*, thought, a muscle, a held. *The point. I effects.* Annette's a n guilt, pleasure, Tuesday, all, didn't all. all: thrill, doubt, *wrong*, *right* waiting.

7 {& S5 K$ s, i3 F$ AUpstairs, thunder, deadlines, it.

* {+ X+ E, p/ R4 u/ D"" Annette's ceiling, away, need. "I'm '"

4 J- S7 G, R6 T"Do it." Winter's command, plea, , honest. doesn't polish. "Come cock. apart." a primer.

*** a pride, hard, a person's edges, suggestions, briefly, fluid, a touch.
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) x6 w$ t! z& W; NHere, thought, a ears. Now. it, door. Annette's man, long, fourteenâmonth felt, landscape, a a pity, she'd it, it. down, blurred, shelf. Severed. Cleanly, a a about. memories, drop, one, "things happened, probably," talk. specific, physical, Annette's it, armful: particular, person, way, now, it, time, Annette's flew. truth, said, themselves, known, a finally, out. her. a room. room. now. 's meaning, them, yes, work, Winter's Winter's Winter's name, Winter's Winter's voice, she'd through. a was. , editing, "how I this" all, a prayer, a something. total, breath, finally, to, pattern. wrong, right, d a configuration didn't Winter's apartment, ears, a earthquake, happened.
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her, hovering, heaving, streaks, joke, shrug, "it's cool, whatever" evening's armor.
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$ g" ]5 b5 d9 ["Oh god," whispered. her. then, things: "I you." movement. "What?"

$ f1 [8 f* O- }4 ?& g! R"I you." , distantly, who'd a Winter's jaw, angle, warmth, hadn't room. "I sounds. I met. I you. I this. anyone."
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"You're serious," said. hollow, edges, a doesn't a for, "joke" "drunk" "temporary insanity" three.

0 ~- S# l# A( a. o' w1 |5 L"Completely serious." her, , contact. "Everything wrong," said, her. "Not wrong. I fit. I like. " stopped, crying, crying, Winter's shoulder. "You're like." blinked, sharp, bright, blazing. arguing. thoughts. along, patient, she'd mind. now? Clarity. cuts.

  p' n5 X! P1 j1 r"I've sleepwalking," murmured. couldn't see, a fit. came. switch. now? everywhere. Ugly. Unmissable.
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& ^5 N5 F2 X% {7 m1 V+ A/ L1 i- ?6 `"I don't back." line, inevitable. hum. careful, hands. a she'd a suitcase. easy: "I stay. Here. a you've me. Yours." returns. done. slowly, a reverse, own, tendons, her. pose, swagger. loud, she'd down, tonight, ever.

"You don't you're saying," Annette's hair, middle. "It's intensity. sex. night. you'"

4 K: B' {7 P1 q0 g"Tomorrow I'll more," Winter's collarbone, was. "I already. real, Winter. I've felt." eyes, her, silent. Outside, honking, wailing, away, a party, wouldn't dawn. on, oblivious. Meanwhile, apartment, moment, tilted. in. now. plans.

"I thought," finally, quietly, Annette's hair. "Girls don' I mean, I've wanted. I've wanted. don't me. That's is."
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& X, m+ @: ^; T+ F0 a4 v( V6 }) E"You wrong." up, glistening, a confession. perfection, lights, herself. season's trends. "No refined. polished. reservations." cracked, wiring. "I messy. I true." Winter's stare, unflinching. "I *you*."

1 L2 V: {6 a" j; q9 p*** down, bench. her. Above, a heat.
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7 ?3 M8 E; z* }"Done," murmured. Rising, skirt, bag. subway. A lips. *They thanks*, thought, shadow. them. she's have, like. a does.

* ?- b0 C; A$ v1 u  Q% X*I a ending*, thought, serene, a it. gone.
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