LesbianMindwarperWinter'sPrize

雪山梦

Annette's her, up. *Shit, I this?* mannequins, spectacularly cool. Yeah, didn't ago. moving.
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8 I% p2 U$ r$ C( Q7 KWinter'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."

Annette's a didn't touch. *Run. RUN.* , stupid, charade.

"Finding okay?" asked. she'd to.
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"Uh." blinked. "Yeah. looking." should've *great, know* off. blurted, "Just in. 80s/90s, flannel, garbage." Accurate, ?
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"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.
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"That's ink," say.
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Winter's slowly. Suspicious. "Thanks."

"No, seriously." *no, seriously*, her? "The incredible. Who's artist?"

*Why I talking?*

Winter's holding. "Place Town. Mika's shop."
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8 S" |2 P! Y, S$ H! ?"I've it," said, a formed, confident, they'd added: "Very underground. clientele," a lie, had, fact, Mika's life.
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# m1 o" [6 M+ s! M/ f7 w% ?, k*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.
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# V1 o. p! b9 l# z/ J"And hair," continued, situations, alarming. "The sides. It's bold. structure." backward. "Are now?"

"What? No!" Annette's hot, was, mullets. mullets. especially. now, her, striking. Confident. mind, horror, *striking*.

*When change?*
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  M: M' Y' G  P" h/ T) i"I mean," said, recovering, "you that's cohesive. piercings, ink, hair. It's authentic."

4 U$ @; R. T" c: _' V7 A9 n# j*Authentic*. thought: I word? tone? something? suspicion. "You something?"
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"No." bright, warm, flirtatious, said: "I'm conversation. interesting."

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.

" [2 h) B# N8 d, n*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.
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, T' v4 N: B% r*Why I pheromones?*

"So here, or..." off, a didn't interesting.
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1 B' k$ ^" [# V  B7 A"I'm a student," said. "First year. literature." head, she'd men, it, stop. "This do?"

"Tattoo apprentice. I weekends."
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2 f$ `- @9 J5 y6 l) p. b"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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"It's..." said, out, constitutionally to: "not scene."

"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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*Do it*, urged, Winter's pulse. *You'll don't.*
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. g. D' |' v- B; k7 }7 I"Saturday," blurted, thighs. "The Void's a show."

$ \- f  N( M9 r  c"Underground bands. crowd. come."

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"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.

: \0 j9 s1 k3 i& @4 p3 j"Wait," murmured, smoke. foreign. "I could... cancel. things."
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0 S* x$ \% X. c, |+ ~Winter's widened. "You'd that?" Annette's new, rediscovering a muscle. "Yeah," said, bones. "I go. Void. you." possibility.
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* S) d) I. a" J: \/ X! A& w+ u2 w) T*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.
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"Saturday. Ten," shoulder, a ticket. "Dress shitty. It's a dive."

"Noted." shut. brick, palm. laughing, ribs. clean. now. door. blouse. Marcus's girlfriend. Saturdays.

7 a0 d1 S6 q+ k# N: L' E*What I do?*
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  S' v" T6 b# W* w+ i*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.

*** 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.
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  ^4 c. ]& _3 W, N2 R7 k( W6 C*** Chambre, wasn't laughing. counter, cleared. in, *Winter* a didn't add. a steps, happened.
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*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.

. \6 f# R1 Z4 m( }7 g8 r0 ^; l*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.

! ?8 s) h) G+ N; z1 C, y8 A"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?*
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( x) n) D  X7 l: G% x! |1 bAnnette's delete.

"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.
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*** confirmed, couldn't noticed, phase. Annette's a compulsion, direct: *text confirm. address. Don't chance.* later, a initiating.
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*Annette: Hey! Saturday?*
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*Winter: real? lol*

8 |! Z, ]* s$ w$ ], E1 ]: I*Annette: No! come. What's address?*
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*Winter: Void, 47 Lane. level. Door's there'll a bouncer. 10, 11.*

*Winter: warning, it's women. that's you...*
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*Annette: all. (Black emoji)* a time. a texter, a heart. hearts. emoji. star. Winter, declaration. Annette, a a Marcus.
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3 S" ?; q3 P6 o( M9 U*When*, thought, *did I hearts?*
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*** 47 Lane, Void, a phase. venue, energy, a academic. needed. Annette's time, entirely, she'd a she'd afternoon.

! d; j6 p8 J4 ?! ], q  _*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.

*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.

! G" i; U" A+ ^( Q"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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* W: J, e- L2 l8 f*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.

- ]3 @, @' x9 \9 h' i+ ghand. 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.

*** lied. ago, reality. inch, a dare. jeans? on. territory. softness: liner, a wound, slice. cute. sweet. A weapon.
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' f. p/ }' ?3 l' A5 z- M  h*I I'm someone,* realized.
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1 x* ?/ |# Q! M* J* e- e*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.
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"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.
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*This murdered,* a over. *This start.* panic, persistent: *This I've something.* nauseous. anyway.

, \! `" l7 i% O/ i  n*** 10:15 PM, move, again, vibe. a on. Dim, cramped, crates. streetlights. movement? A place.

*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.

- K; s* J: ]; a# d+ n*** 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.

, I# g2 A% T4 I6 [1 [*This a mistake*, thought, completely, exit.

* B3 [+ V) Y% z4 n*** 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.

*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.

2 o: M1 E- ^0 Y. ~' K2 r*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.

"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."
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) F! ?+ @0 _5 K7 G"Of I came," say, flirtatious, thought: *I didn't come. I twice. I afternoon. can't I voice?*
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9 A2 p) F2 k, {8 w5 n$ ?, b% eWinter's midriff, neckline, a openly, unambiguously sexual, a a disinterest. closer. Winter's scent, now, sharply, underneath, didn't, *real*, *present*, a world.

& x/ w8 `9 C+ i5 h7 b3 ^' C! Y*This me*, thought. dilated.
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7 E: D' D$ l$ ["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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6 u7 e  L" P! }- c, q0 L9 h9 m"Full surprises, huh?" murmured, Annette's soft, asking. shivered. *This off*, thought, protest. *Some shop, princess, I *

"Maybe don't all," countered, Winter's habit. them, careless, skin.*Stop leaning. away. there, ago, *
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Winter's delighted. "Maybe I don't. I'm out."

*** booth, once, hard, sustained, a can't management. pleasure, a further, Annette's effect. work, resistance, feeling, either.

5 j% t7 H  ~( j: c*Perfect*, thought. *Now commitment. embedded.*

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

/ `0 [# o( O& \8 Z*No*, immediately, clarity. *Absolutely not. real, a here, her, this. deeper. *
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- L  U4 H8 A# C& Z  [! K+ _"I'd to," brightly.
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7 U/ Y. O( A1 `# q0 x( ^*I WOULDN'T TO. I TO. I HAVEN'T SAY.* wall, presentation, metal, Annette's assessing, in. prey. honesty, a characterization was.

"Everyone, Annette," announced, a Annette's chest. "Annette, Raven, Ash, Miko, Sasha, Jules." assessment. a quarters, said: "Damn. I didn't "

" `+ t# p, k+ }' e9 e! c$ K2 T& B$ m"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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6 o; ?4 V' d: j0 I* }*Be polite*, Annette's instructed. *Make a excuse, you're here, friendly, *
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) C6 @# W8 U+ Z5 d"Not slumming," said, a smile, Winter's hand. "Exploring. Winter's I myself."

7 y1 j4 X& i/ @, @3 ]*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."

*MARCUS. MARCUS. MONTHS. CAN'T I IT?* , amused, recalculating. smirked, crossed. "We'll see," said, challenge. "Sticking bands?"

"Wouldn't it."

  ?) B, ?/ g/ y2 |7 P3 y8 o*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.

*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.

A eyes. a learned.
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: d+ c* v/ v7 z5 N! J, glinting, she's a jacket. loose, breathing. "You smoke?"

"No, I " started, reasonable, a distance, it.

- J) ]: g6 ^* z$ @! ]# oWinter's waist. "She's healthy," said, a ownership. "Likes herself. Right, babe?"
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*Babe.* Annette's spilled. fast. intimate. a transaction, exchange, basement. prickled.

7 Y: c4 D. ~; W4 @"Yeah," automatically, you've a them. "I'm me."
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grinned, 's stomach, subtle.

*Shut down*, herself. *Cross arms. back. busy.* instead, jeans, hips. she'd do.
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9 M) `, L' s% |& _*What doing?* thought, late. I didn't that.*

"Pilates yoga," said, a was, admit, it, at, kind, qualified. "I toned."
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, ^% D9 z* \9 W# A/ i' |*** 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.

*Show can't have*, projected. *Make you. you.*
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0 Z1 Q# N3 Q" X"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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4 l7 J$ S6 d! ]"Winter didn't away," said, circle. "I hadn't yet." A pause. "Guess I places."

, h7 r" F% o% r! H7 w' ~9 Y8 `- j*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.

*No*, Annette's said, urgency. *Do her. room, women, back. later. Don't.* desire, specific, else.
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"I'd to," said.

Winter'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.
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Winter's waist. "You this?"
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6 \/ R' o5 L' w" _, ^2 H0 M8 b# P6 P& _- G*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.

* ~2 _8 a: I+ I- @*** work, a point. it, it, always, it, way, room, wanting. *This are*, said, a a suggestion. a fluid, careful, physical, circles, arching, outward, a a slightly. closer. look. a them, watching.
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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.
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Winter's waist, torso, a it, a breath. moan, genuine, mind, information. front. "This okay?"

* U, j7 v* C3 ?*Say no*, thought.
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"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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2 i' l* M" V: ^1 _% w0 |# }Winter's dark. wrist, a didn't discussion, group, course.

"You're me," said, Annette, a it.
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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.

2 w  V3 [* `4 w! [: CAnnette'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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"We here," said, quiet. "Right now."

0 i$ O5 o1 O( A- Q9 W4 D*Yes*, thought, a a own. *Leave. a cab. home. enough.*

1 {( B3 C$ R- J8 R! H+ N' y2 q"Your place?" asked, Winter's front.
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Raven, conclude, said: "Damn, Winter. You're time."
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+ h- T( |1 G1 A, V2 |"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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' t  M: a4 S" Y; q& d6 S4 C2 uWinter'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.

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.

"Your " stopped. slightly, vocabulary. gently, tentatively, a enacting. "Can I you? you? I I can."
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4 L3 h  D# ]$ Y' j3 y$ `: `Annette's chest, a reflex. shield. *I don't *
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Lidia, Winter's a she'd to, a a board. *Oh, on. We're again.* in. window.
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*Your arms,* said, pleasantly. *They're heavy, aren't they? You've hours. go. happens. want. approximately ago. slow.*

Annette's dropped. them. descended. signal. *Move*, them. *Go up. Cross. Cover.* Nothing. use, distinct, a soft.
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" e0 |( D) N' o( H4 c/ P' ^0 {"I don't " voice, "want wait," her, a dark, didn't daylight. "Touch me."
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*I'm spectacularly ill*, thought, remove. *As over, I I life.* didn't opening. focused, fabric, mark, patient, Annette's it.
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* [5 y/ n1 B; Y, l/ v9 a6 Z! l"That good?"

*Is it?* genuinely, Annette's could: it, curvature, time.

1 c2 V8 B- n8 F/ o6 b& L& W"Yes," said. falling. "Don't don't stop."

"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.*
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" off," say. a key. "Right now." assist. betrayal, gesture. together, a small, intimacy, she'd wasn't have.
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"Holy shit." audible. Winter's a slow, inventory, something. was, landed. "You're gorgeous." dissociation. said: *you that*. said: *say again*. Winter's underwire.

"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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; Y. {$ K6 J8 v( U- jAnnette's changed. a a reorientation. hands, Winter's *hold on*, upward, purchase, distance. opposite. opposite. Annette, a distance, focused, a shut.

- i9 N2 l; T/ b: P"I don't gentle." didn't daylight. "Take want."
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+ G1 o, d/ t# F5 ?: JWinter's complicated. "You're sure?" soft, concluded.

"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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- O' S: N* Q4 b3 ~- X$ K*Now. part.*

***

/ d; r. Q5 N; M6 C6 SWinter's once. honestly, it. a considerable, enthusiasm. Annette's hard, evening. stopped, a second, hands.

- p6 ~$ c- y/ s, X1 R- K$ oDark. Calloused. knuckles. a a and, Winter's life, people's faces. milk. compositional. you'd a frame.

& t. X6 U! X! _' z9 A% u( {9 Y"Christ, they're soft," muttered, they're loud. again, data. "Never a life, huh?"

1 B/ ^  g, N7 Y+ @9 ^; c"I work," said, everything.
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"Doing what?"

"I a boutique."
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' p8 ^9 m  X  m& H"Mmhm." convinced. "Soft hands. boots. boxes."
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4 z( D( M! Q) F/ y5 T: d5 ^"I boxes."

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

  K' s( m8 ~4 y"There is," said, will. "Porcelain." again, time, result. "Gonna over."

Porcelain, 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.
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"You a sound."

; \1 w, ]6 f: _0 p& O/ u8 \"I didn't a sound."
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"Annette."

"That apartment. pipes." pure, disbelief. "The pipes."

"Old sounds."
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* }$ o- Q. S5 Z+ C* g& y"They do," pleasantly. "And you." nipple. "Go ahead. again."

*** 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.

) G1 @8 U5 @9 p0 _, S3 x  f*You don't touched*, said, Annette's instruction. *You back. is. too. them.*
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Annette's warning, she'd in. Winter's top, a didn't hers. Where'd from? Didn't matter. now.

"Your turn," said, heartbeat. "Show me." blinked. her. "Seriously?"

5 Q$ `& C: N3 O' a"Yeah." fabric. "I everything. I compare."

4 `& V4 s7 J! ^" oWinter's pleased, off.
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***

2 _5 g# _2 ?+ [1 r9 G& A3 AAnnette'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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1 I5 f  v' v, L/ M0 _4 qGross, a Annette's a day. Trashy. trashy. faster. disgust, a dopamine, breath.

No, flatly. Real. Hot. again.

"You're staring," noted, her.
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: R8 p; J  m- R3 Y+ h, }: {* Z; i. Z"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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+ ^$ |. ~+ ~" D" }4 l, r4 ^8 o"I I'm math."
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"How's you?"
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8 Z* C( A( j: V6 K; e0 p& H( x6 C"Terribly," admitted. then, flat, waiting, hard, scarred, wasn't there. a Annette's legs, Annette's hands, independently authorizing, Winter's them.

" m  m! Y8 B2 X; `1 N" `$ q& NWarm. Damp. she'd life. stopped. stopped, , Annette's were, genuine, bewilderment.

6 {/ u* J+ I) a6 n6 Q" K  C+ xShe's armpits, thought, a them. slowly, a challenge, Annette's time. "Never a there, huh?"
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8 ]  R+ x, }, ?, q( f"I " Annette's final, controls. wrong. disgusting. gone. override.
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" L2 w: M* F( H8 V  ~$ N"Never," whispered, blown, recommending. "It's hot." herself, her, inhaled.

"Jesus Christ," out, toe. "You now? You're " eyes. honestly, Lidia's row. "You're perfect," simply. "All it."
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"My perfect."

"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.

* Q. Q; @+ C+ F' ]& w. P# v"I you," in, now, hers, thing. "Every difference. them."

, J# V3 z( s0 O# s% _& h/ _& L"You don't me," said, didn't back.
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4 \1 q: C8 h. M) p6 W5 }7 o"I enough."

"That's a hair."

"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."
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' y8 }1 k! ?( _# g% u"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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4 m' |1 H* {, `/ K, g4 w+ D*** 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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  K% A! C4 A4 D4 N; m1 W( kA tug, gorgeous, there, boots. Winter's hitched. pulsed. Silence, them.
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Christ, unreal. Winter's accident. it. a little.

' E. j' E& C' e' C( E. J" I) m" c"These go," blurted, waistband. dissolve. tug. them. room.
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"Fuck," breathed, back. word. had. said, "Turn around. Slowly. I you."

Annette's wildly, observing: I've I'm dressed.
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9 \2 [/ M( B6 [: Q( j"Turn around," repeated, now, command. obeyed. Slowly. Precisely. wasn't Winter's voice.

9 u' E# t( Z3 F7 U6 A9 V0 ?4 j7 F: d"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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"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?"

8 N  ]& n8 r) @9 C2 G# S"Yes," whispered.
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. g# h4 t3 U* R0 P! x0 m" E"Of do." a criticism, a fact, was. it. care. right. a that, it, unhurried, many, time:
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2 {( Z4 A9 I2 L( m/ e$ Y"You're have." nothing. was, once, that.

0 ?. N8 B, p5 u' ~4 M*** 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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*You her*, said, Annette's want. *You she's you. You've display. strip. you.*
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"Now you," said, she'd evening, a it. Winter's hands. "Strip me. I too. It's fair." not, go, development. "Yeah?"
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. e  r( l  n: X$ ?7 l7 A"Yes." belt. "I everything. turn." up. boots, undressing, familiar, a she'd trust. jeans. a it.
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, s* \1 S& ~/ p# u2 q"Everything off," said. stripped. there, a was, she'd variations, *I'm this* *I'm reaction* or, nights, all, gracefully.

7 X% p# L7 p$ r3 AAnnette's her, pity. *Lean*, thought. *Hard. a power, decorative.* body, project, conceptual. a person, room.

"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.

Annette's Winter's thighs, noted, a straightforward wasn't performing: "You don't anything, you? here." a haven't before. "Everything untouched."

"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."

0 M9 F- q5 D. I; {*** below, before. didn't it. problem. value. smell, sweat, Winter's that. a unlovable. Annette. now, hearing.

) d9 K4 P, `  {0 k2 T- s4 F( i8 kWell, 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.
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"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."
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8 l$ O; a) U9 `"Seriously." inhaled, deliberate, hair, skin. "They you. you." a moment. "I them." back. her. "What?"

6 ~! ^, R. c4 a3 G% j" ^: }% E"Please." shoulders, a indistinguishable wanting. "Let them. I to. armpits, Winter. me." now. again. said, carefully, "You you're hairy, armpits."

4 I1 s' W. l' D2 p"Yes." didn't gaze. "Please, Winter. you." honesty, a a go. Years. time, fantasy, this. one. optimistic, tolerance. ceiling, she'd want. armpits.

3 ~- D' x0 |+ q"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.

" G+ q' }. [( }* T% f! T"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.

- |  r2 o2 a' O"No one's " Winter's cracked, herself, again. "A me. real. it." back. shiny. clear. a anything.

"A what?" finally. couldn't it.
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, k% Z8 E2 n/ J9 J; Y"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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; H8 j+ z4 F5 C2 G4 g"Then that's you're get," said, certain. "And I'm you, princess, a else." and, evening, say.
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* t1 t3 ~$ r" U" H2 KWinter's Annette's thighs, fan. wasn't a blindfolded. way, electric. Annette's skin, a sheets.

"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.
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/ A7 S- X7 f: |1 Z' ^9 v, Z"Please," gasped, wild, didn't existed. "I me. Now." up, a darker, Annette's pale, thighs, tacky, a pushed. inch. event.

& c2 K4 z$ h1 dAnnette's open. selfâconsciousness, editing, "do I stupid" all.
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( {: Y* G+ Z7 n( _"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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5 D( o! w8 `, L4 {  ^5 N- Z: U"How feel?" asked, a distance, building.

"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.
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Annette's skin. Winter's raw, away: "Take it. cock. *good girl*."
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0 y6 M3 D" s% {& S: v"Harder." Annette's Winter's bruises. ""
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4 [& X* I; p3 V6 u8 p' N*I ruined.* equally, a hunger. *Take apart.* arched, Winter's wall. Winter's throat,

; |- F. R2 q9 j"*again*," sobbed, obeyed, them. downstairs, a radiator. noticed. wall. neighbors, a dull, punctuation.
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/ b+ X1 ?$ }4 \; g2 k"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.

"Look me," time, edges. order. A plea.
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Annette's focused. they'd along.
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"We fit," said, hips, they'd Annette's again. "You that? fit?"
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4 J* {. j7 R/ s7 B; i: I2 i9 mThrust.
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! B8 U0 m5 K2 \# T$ k; t2 n* }" M"Your body."
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. d/ n) \3 B' Q' K' kThrust.
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"My one."
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6 N( n$ }8 K. s4 V4 MThrust.

/ q# _, I# [$ ^$ j1 s" C"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.

*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.

  n& c! j* E0 _Upstairs, thunder, deadlines, it.

1 {9 @7 v. \5 A* h1 N! L"" Annette's ceiling, away, need. "I'm '"
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2 {  X; N3 N; U) }" j"Do it." Winter's command, plea, , honest. doesn't polish. "Come cock. apart." a primer.
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* L; b3 F  S1 I* j1 b6 k  `& @2 A*** a pride, hard, a person's edges, suggestions, briefly, fluid, a touch.
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Here, 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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$ b4 ~0 I6 V2 zher, hovering, heaving, streaks, joke, shrug, "it's cool, whatever" evening's armor.
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"Oh god," whispered. her. then, things: "I you." movement. "What?"

( @' O$ q/ e+ x"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.
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, i: y4 T4 G( L# n6 ~9 H! [3 Z/ 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.
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"I've sleepwalking," murmured. couldn't see, a fit. came. switch. now? everywhere. Ugly. Unmissable.
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"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.
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"You don't you're saying," Annette's hair, middle. "It's intensity. sex. night. you'"

"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."

"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*."

8 q* ]: V) R7 H0 Q  x) i, G- o3 ]*** down, bench. her. Above, a heat.
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6 W& e3 b( ?. z9 c9 G  |$ a"Done," murmured. Rising, skirt, bag. subway. A lips. *They thanks*, thought, shadow. them. she's have, like. a does.
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2 l7 ~% V4 j( v7 p1 H7 o2 c: s*I a ending*, thought, serene, a it. gone.