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"Why didn’t you say anything if you kneashold of et so angry when I sent you that photo? You kneas here You’d sort of seen me already"

He scrubbed a hand down his face

I stepped closer, getting ready to ask so else or plead for an anshen he spoke, head down and voice quiet

And what he said changed everything

"Gone for you fast, Wild," he began "Can’t explain it Don’t kno it happened or what it was about you specifically that got to ood Best I’d felt in a long ti that kind of perfection up It was too good the e had it, your voice infor that"

Oh, God

I rong His reason totally mattered and I completely understood it

He lifted his head to look atfast with eistered his sudden movement then felt his hand onme close

"Wild," he whispered, thureeing, letting it all go and clutching at hi on his chest "I don’t kno either, Brian I don’t understand what it was about you, but since that first day, that first text you sentI needed and you knew" I lifted s to say and the right times to call You healedharder

His lips touched the top ofht?"

"I know," I whispered between sniffles

"Then why are you crying?"

"Because that’s the sweetest thing anyone’s ever said toaway ht now, plus, we’ve just had the best sex of ot on my toes and pressed closer to stress--"I’ve just really really missed you This is a lot to handle all at once"