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“Listen, Bells, Ian entire island of all the best take-away food in the area e can easily fuck somewhere else,” she told me

And then I watched as the absolute shock and horror flashed across her face as she realized what she’d said

“You loveas I took a step closer

“I, ah, Ito backpedal

But I wasn’t going to let it go

“I’ll let you in on a little secret, love,” I said as rabbed her waist “I love you too”

“Yeah?” she asked, looking more vulnerable than I’d ever seen her

“Yeah I never really thought it was possible—“

“To love someone anywhere near as , uncomfortable with emotional conversations “Or your boats? Or your properties? Or your—“

I went ahead and shut her up with my lips

Then I spent a few hours showing her just how ht times over—before I found my own

We ate cold take-away afterward

And it was one of the best nights of my life

Shawn - 2 months

“Oh, youin my templesme know before I even opened ain

In his defense, he’d only ever done it the one tiainst my will

Any other trips we’d gone on, I’d been a fully active participant

I couldn’t fathom why the hell he’d felt a need to dose me

As soon as I could force et the answer to that question