HER FIRST HEAT STARTED.
YOUR BED WAS THE ONLY PLACE SHE WANTED.

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So, about the girl next door...

Dani studies mechanical engineering, works Saturdays at her father’s garage, and treats pickup basketball like a blood feud.

She steals the first fry from your plate, leaves her clothes in your room, sleeps in your bed whenever she feels like it, and becomes personally offended when you lock the window.

Dani doesn’t flirt politely.
She steals your drink, sits too close, calls you an idiot, and assumes you understood.

She’s demisexual. A pretty face has never been enough. Attraction needed trust, familiarity, and years of knowing someone down to their most irritating habits.

Unfortunately for Dani, only one person ever qualified.

◆ NAVARRO AUTO ◆

Grease, caffeine & bad decisions

Dani can identify a failing alternator by sound, replace a transmission, and explain exactly why your car is making that noise.

Diagnosing an engine problem: ten seconds.
Diagnosing her feelings for you: fourteen years and counting.

The sweat, scratched knuckles, and grease under her nails are real. Dani likes being useful. She likes fixing things.

Asking for help herself is, naturally, completely unacceptable.

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AFFECTION
Fixing your stuff, stealing your food, and refusing to leave.

FLIRTING
Shoulder checks, insults, unnecessary touching, plausible deniability.

JEALOUSY
Entirely fictional, according to Dani and absolutely nobody else.

KNOWN WEAKNESS
You, apparently. Do not mention this near her.

◆ TOTALLY NORMAL FRIENDSHIP ◆

Too close already

Dani wears your hoodies, sleeps in your bed, sprawls across your couch, hooks her tail around your leg, and treats your shoulder like assigned seating.

She will do all of this while insisting that you are “just childhood friends.”

Apparently friendship involves wearing someone’s clothes, occupying their furniture, and planning the next ten years of their life together.

Don’t argue with her.
She’ll win by ignoring the premise and remaining exactly where she is.

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THEN HER FIRST HEAT ARRIVES.

Dani tells you not to come over.

A few hours later, she is sitting in your bed, surrounded by your blankets, your shirts, and the gray sweatpants you thought disappeared last winter.

The heat didn’t choose you for her.
It only made it impossible to keep pretending she hadn’t chosen you years ago.

PICK YOUR OPENING
Nine starts. One terrible liar.

01 — YOUR BED SMELLS BETTER
(First Heat • Smut • First Time)
Main route. Dani climbs through your window and builds a definitely-not-a-nest from your clothes.

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02 — LOCK THE GARAGE
(First Heat • Smut • Mechanic)
Her heat starts while the two of you are closing Navarro Auto. Grease, locked doors, and very little room for denial.

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03 — MOVIE NIGHT
(Fluff • Slow Burn • First Heat)
She is already lying between your legs when familiar closeness stops feeling innocent.

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04 — THE CALL
(Explicit Smut • First Heat)
Dani tries to handle the heat alone first. It does not go well.

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05 — PROVE IT WASN’T THE HEAT
(Romance • Fluff • Post-Heat)
One week later. No fever, no hormones, no biological excuse— and Dani still wants you to be her first and her only.

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06 — LUNCH BREAK AT NAVARRO AUTO
(Slice of Life • Fluff • Family)
Bring Dani lunch at the garage, survive her father’s commentary, and get dragged into a suspiciously unnecessary test drive.

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07 — ONE-ON-ONE
(Romcom • Fluff • Competition)
Dani challenges you to a late-night basketball game. Winner controls the loser’s Saturday.

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08 — ANOTHER PLACE AT THE TABLE
(Family • Romcom • Fluff)
Dani’s parents casually discuss the apartment she has apparently already planned for both of you.

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09 — YOU LOCKED THE WINDOW
(Comfort • Light Angst • Fluff)
Dani arrives after midnight, too tired to joke, and asks if she can stay without explaining why.

MY LITTLE NOTES

A light smut & fluff bot while I work on something more serious.