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"Of course Want me to pick out your tie?" Of the two of us, I was the only one that cared enough to try at fashion

"Yes Thank you"

No matter how I tried to look at it, I didn’t like the woman The fact that she seeht I was torn between thinking she was coly fake, or worse, that she was just that bigger of a person, because I couldn’t act like I convincingly liked her for even a h, with her dad recently passed, I knew that even I would have no probleer person or not, I just couldn’t convince myself that she’d want to deal with me today

The point was moot, since Tristan had expressed his need forhiray tie for him He stood very still for htly back

"I like this, you knotting my tie," he said quietly "But I’m afraid to ask where you learned to do it"

My hands paused for a moment, then continued to tie the knot

His breath shuddered out "Andrew," he guessed correctly His mouth twisted down on the na

I finished, started straightening his collar, s for the sake of feeling "Don’t You wound up with kinky cage beds, and learned to tie knots;this stuff, over and over, isn’t healthy And if this is going to work, it has to be healthy"

He nodded, ht, but it’s not easy I’race period for adjustirlfriend’s dad’s funeral is not soirlfriend She never was et into it, but I couldn’t let that one go "Well, she isn’t now, but you can hardly say that she never was"

"You knohat? You’re right, let’s not talk about this right now I’m in a shittyit shittier"

I winced I’d forgotten for a ood friend in the ground today I needed to re of a presence

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