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The tattoos turn his torso into a living ht shoulder breathing fire on Japanese characters, the fire spreading like wildfire down his back and fading into a golden sun on his spine, an archaic-looking thing, like a coirl in silhouette on his left ar ribs, Latin it looks like Music notes scattered over both forear andit all He’s a masterpiece of skin art A e

He’s terrifying A force of violent power, raw brutality He destroyed Dan Took a hard beating in the process and seemed completely unfazed by the broken nose, the blows to the ribs and chest, the cuts on his face Dan was a monster, and Colton ripped hi I’ve ever seen; the scariest thing I’d ever seen Colton’s fury was a pri, so thick and hot I could feel it in the air His eyes were the eyes of cold, calculating warrior, terrifying for the icy fury

I’ive in to it Which I get, I really do

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How did you two meet? Oh, we met at his brother’s funeral His baby brother, my first love

Awesome

But Colton is…I’m safe with him He draws the truth out of me He draws the pain out of me Colton knows pain He’s intimately familiar with it Lives with it Guilt too

Colton has secrets, and I want to know them all

I want his mouth on me His hands on me I need it It makes me feel alive Safe Protected, treasured Colton will, literally, kill anyone who ht have, actually

I don’t want to know

I want to knohy Colton is alone in New York when his father is a Congresshts to survive Why he ended up in a gang

I want to knohy Colton won’t keep kissing ood, when he’s thetalented His deep, gravelly, raspy voice, insane guitar skills, his passion when he perfor toI’ve ever heard So jarringly sad The loneliness, the longing in that song renching I don’t think it had a title, I don’t think anyone butit

And now? Oh, now his ar me close So close I want to turn in his arth of his body wash over , his ar me too intimately, this is almost platonic Almost