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"My ex was offered his dreaoing to be doing a lot of traveling, so I decided it would be best to break up so he could experience this new opportunity to the fullest I didn’t want to weigh him down the way I had for more than four years"

"Four years? So he was your first love?"

The hten at these tords Chris was more than my first love He was my first friend, my first family, my first heartbreak, and my deepest betrayal

I nod as I inhale a deep breath "I’o to bed"

He nods soleirly stuff Feel free to pilfer my toiletries"

I smile at his atterabAs I pull it out of h me I sit on the bed to ride it out as sweat beads onto focus on so

The creaky floor alertsin the doorway

"Do you need to meditate or do you need some company?"

"Can I answer that question with a question?" He nods and I draw in a shaky breath "Can you stay with ht?"

He steps inside and slides onto the bed behind ers behind his head and lies back on the pillow

"My hands will stay here all night or you have per to Justin Bieber on YouTube"

I tossonto the floor and lie back on the pillow next to hihtstand and turns off the la I can pretend I’ back onto his pillow

"Dirty," I say, grateful that he can’t see h the darkness

He lets out a tiny huff of laughter "Man, you are going to regret saying that" He pauses a moment before he says, "When is an elf not an elf?"

"When?"

"When she’s sucking dick Then she’s a goblin"

I let loose a quick chuckle "That’s corny, but still kind of funny"

"You deserve the best of both worlds"

The silence that follows his comment is painful Finally, I turn onto low of the streetla the silhouette of his perfect nose and lips He turns to h the darkness

"Maybe we should go to sleep now," I whisper, led by the power of his presence

"Yeah, we have to get up early" He o"

He slowly settles back onto the bed, a little closer to me than he was before I can feel the heat of his shoulder next tome to cuddle with him My heart pounds as I scoot toward him, drape my arm over his chest, and lay my head on his solid shoulder He wraps his arht squeeze

"Sweet dreaht

Relentless Competition

I WAKE WITH ADAM’S GRAY T-shirt clenched inthe huainst my cheek as it rises and falls slowly beneath rip on his shirt He lets out a soft grunt and I freeze

I take in a measured breath as I in to lift rip on my shoulder It can’t be that early and he did say ere leaving at nine

Ah, fuck it

I push off his chest to sit up His eyebrows scrunch up as he opens his eyes "What ti early so I figured we should probably get up and get ready"

He squints at ht and my breath catches inout in million different directions

"Well, aren’t you a vision in the rin

I reach up and feel ht side ofout several inches I start to s my hair some more