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I pressedFinally--finally--I was rewarded with a shtly, exposing a sliver of skin I wanted to touch it, so I did I dragged his shirt up that ers up and down his back in soft strokes

"Feels nice," he whispered "Will you stay? I don’t want to see anyone but you for a while"

He moved back toward the wall, a silent invitation to slide into the sood and easy now; I knew exactly hoe fit together, as if we’d been cut fro the front of his shirt Liathat caent and bleach, including the shirt he wore, but underneath it all was this scent that was all warreens andeffect onbreath after another

"Just dog-tired, darlin’"

The silence that folloas the first true spell of calht, the steady rise and fall of his chest against s conspired againstthe loose hair back out ofinto a sloeet doze

The soft kiss was the only thing to bring me out of it

"Dinner tih from sleep "They just shouted down the hall"

And yet, neither of us moved

"What did you do today?" he asked after a while "I didn’t even ask"

"Are you sure you want to know?"

He leaned back at that, the focus in his eyes sharpening

"I got us into Clancy’s private collection of files Besides a list of the different tribes and their last known locations, it basically was a digital scrapbook of nightet access?"

Noas my turn to fix him with a look "The usual way"