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Which brought hts back around to Snowden Stark His na out of Game of Thrones, but it also suited him Equal parts soft and hard Both unusual and in your face It would take a guy built like Stark to both physically andthat was bound to come with a name like Snowden I couldn’t picture hier He was far too serious and way too intense for any vestiges of youth to reed way beyond his actual years, and his entire deuy as ever carefree and happy-go-lucky

When he told me he couldn’t stand to see the dried blood that was streaked across my face, caked on my arms and hands, and crusted on my chin and neck, he really ht made his hands curl into fists, the corner of his eye twitched behind his glasses, and his entire body vibrated with so I’d heard Booker call irl’ and waited for Stark to deny that ere anything to each other When he hadn’t, it hht, eren’t anything to each other besides an annoyance, but the look in Stark’s eyes when I finallybut annoyed There was so aze that it stole my breath for a second

He hadn’t helped me when I needed hi to let ain

I was relieved when he walked out of the rooather my wits and take inventory of the situation I tried to ishly with a fair aiant, tender bruise I’d taken a couple good hits when the container flipped over and sentfro a neat row of tiny metal staples It hurt, but not as bad as my shoulders did when I contorted to reach the wound Thein-betere still protesting fro locked in an aard, uncomfortable position for days on end The rush of blood to those sensitive areas had itation under the covers that had fallen down around ot heavier when Booker entered the roo about ether with the experiences that ca in the Point They ed and co that pulsed around them tended to reach a person before the actualdistance It was powerful and it was i

The dark-haired iant slice of pizza hanging over the edges and soaze slide overup and still alive

"The doc said you need electrolytes and probably soht He mentioned it didn’t look like you’d had roaned as the scent of the food in his hand hit my nose My mouth started to water and my stomach made a noise so loud that Booker obviously heard it froain and I realized he was actually an alarly attractive otmachine at the , worked me over the best they could for information and fed ht so I was off balance and soratefully took the plate and sighed when the warers I wondered if he would reasy melted cheese that covered the top

"If they left you alone, how coenius see as his" Booker slu Stark’s bulk until he ran away froe of the pizza before sinking roan as the spicy toue I closedmy last meal

"I did try Bars on the s and no one cared when I broke the glass The door had a padlock on the outside and the people in the roo even louder than I was" I took another bite and looked at hiet the dirty cop in the balls during one visit when he came alone I was alht round That was the day he thought he could touch me without my permission"

Booker rowl, "That the same day you ripped a piece out of his face?"

I nodded and cracked open the drink he brought ed his nose" That was also the day my hands ended up tied behind my back, but I didn’t share that

Booker pushed up to his feet and ran a hand over his face "You ht want to keep that part of the story to yourself if Stark starts asking about what happened He doesn’t do ohter that held no huth is his ability to detach and look at a situation coolly and cal causes a short circuit in his wiring," he shook his head "That isn’t gonna be good for anyone"