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I nodded, staring into the eyes that had seen deep into olden flecks that always looked at me with a tenderness I’d never expected

He squeezed his eyes shut and rested his forehead against mine “Thank you, Frenchie”

His lips were on mine in a flash And his hands were undered downme to the table

Knockingsheets to the floor, he was on me and I whipped his shirt over his head

We were hungry and frantic Stripping our clothes off, he barely had ti one hand between us, he strummed my clit like an instrument he’d practiced for years His thick head opened and stretched as and sweaty, we looked at each other and laughed before getting off the table I’d never bake in here again without blushing

Boneless and satisfied by the intensity of the whole day, he led me upstairs

He peeled back the blankets and we cli beside Berk

He brushed his fingers through my hair

And I relaxed against hiled up close with ht and ere bathed in darkness

Pressing a kiss to ainst my skin, “Just warn htened against ainst the hurt I’d caused him

I’d done that to hiht cut out on hiain I’d never make him feel like he didn’t stack up or deserve my love That word hit on a spot in my heart and I kneas true I loved hi for the hills like I had I loved him, and I’d make sure he knew it

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My Hail Mary pass had landed safely in the end zone Jules’ gentle breaths now breezed across ht with the world again But not quite Myin the balance, but the rising tide of that turh and heavy with Jules by my side And my football season teetered on the brink of disaster

And there was the undercurrent of fear that someone would expose what I’d done That at the worst possible oing to kick my damn teeth in