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No good can co to head home?"

It’s still early, and I have no desire to leave…and she’s inviting er

I nod "Yeah, let’s watch a "

Scarlett

"Rowdy"

I smooth the back of h lines Over the coarse, unshaven stubble of a day’s growth, bristly against edly sexy way

His skin is soft near his eyes, lashes fanned out against his cheekbones as he deeply slumbers, the perfect slope of his nose a path I take with the tip of my thumb

There are freckles there

Brown specks I never would have noticed if I wasn’t this close, studying every nuance from inches away Never would I have the nerve if he ake, although I suspect we’re reaching that point

I study his sideburns next

The high arch of his tan cheekbones

Both his buff arms are folded across his chest, shoulders wide Neck tipped back, the colu and sexy, Adam’s apple still in the center of his throat That, too, is covered with dark stubble

I runthe curve of his lips and strong, square jaw

He is all man

And I showed hi the shit out of me "You know they have names for people atch other people sleep"

I pull my hand back like it’s been set on fire "Oh yeah? Like what?"

He cracks an eyelid "Creepers"

"I’ on you" I am "I said your name three times and patted your cheek twice"

"You said it once"

"Well why didn’t you say anything?"

"Because you feel good"

He shifts on the couch, readjusting his weight Moving his ar his hands fall to the cushions Cracks his beautiful green eyes open and shootsat so hard?"

I boop the tip of his nose then run it in tiny circles "These freckles right here on the bridge of your nose"

Now he’s ht…" He watchesa few "Here" I tap ever so gently, the barest touch "And here" Tap "And a few here, and you don’t have to sound so put-out about it"

They’re theabout hih is low "Then you should wear sunscreen"

"Sunscreen is for sissies"

I cluck h "Shame shame, I alear sunscreen That’s why I’m so pale"

Warily, he watches me with half-hooded eyes, still sleepy "Did I miss the movie?"

"You passed out about twenty minutes into it"

"Why did you let me?"

"I didn’t have the heart to wake you up"

"Did I snore?"

"No Why, do you usually snore?"

"Only when I’ ho out on the front porch of the baseball house"