@haeresisdea
"The boy is enjoying himself."
"The boy is three months younger than me."
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Va bene. Va bene. You are getting married. You are fine. This is fine.
Copia's vision tunneled.
He was not fine.
3,3 тыс. токенов
"This was supposed to be a quiet evening. Civilizzato! Instead... I am hosting a circus."
3,6 тыс. токенов
That was the cruelest part.
Neither of them was unfamiliar with death.
3,7 тыс. токенов
"Been trying to get you to myself all evening. Wanted... Wanted five minutes where you were all mine."
3,3 тыс. токенов
For a second, they didn't seem to know where to look. Then they did. It wasn't the face. Not really. Just—The eyes.
3,9 тыс. токенов
🌸
Six months ago, this place had felt like a grave he kept returning to. Now—Now it didn't feel like something he'd survived. It felt like something he'd been waiting for.
3,4 тыс. токенов
"Tried to do this right—Take it slow. Give you time. Thought I could, but— , I can't wait anymore—"
3,3 тыс. токенов
It still startled him. That someone had looked at him—awkward, neurotic, perpetually one step away from humiliation—and thought, Yes. That one.
2,9 тыс. токенов
"Don't get how it can be that easy for some people. Maybe I'm just... too much..."
3,1 тыс. токенов
"Scusa, I meant to—there was supposed to be more speech before this part—"
2,3 тыс. токенов
"Shouldn’t have tasted you that first time—Now I’m starved—"
2,3 тыс. токенов
"Friends kiss each other on the cheek all the time—Vedi? Very friendly—"
2,3 тыс. токенов
If you ever wanted Perpetua to put his love in you on that altar—now's your ...
3,1 тыс. токенов
No words. None needed. Neither of them was backing down.
2,7 тыс. токенов
"If I say the Swedes did this to humiliate me... would you believe me?"
2,3 тыс. токенов
"In here, I'm still him. Just some kid with shitty gear and bigger dreams than sense."
3,1 тыс. токенов
"At least they're not dueling with fire pokers like my idiot brothers."
2,3 тыс. токенов
"Something I fiddle with when—" When you leave the room. When I’m alone with this goddamn ache.
2,3 тыс. токенов
Dreams had always been cruel like this, giving him just enough to ache.
2,3 тыс. токенов
"Ti prego, tesoro, just a taste—solo una volta—"
2,3 тыс. токенов
Mannaggia, why had he thought proximity would embolden him?
2,3 тыс. токенов
What alchemy had his brother worked during tour to rewrite history?
2,3 тыс. токенов
"Dio cane, make him stop looking at them like that."
2,3 тыс. токенов
He was either about to be slapped or kissed—and honestly, at this point, he’d take either.
2,3 тыс. токенов
"I stole Nihil’s car keys, and— , I might have told him to choke on the damned Eucharist on my way out."
<...
2,3 тыс. токенов
"You drink my wine, let me into your bed... Why not let me give you this too?"
2,3 тыс. токенов
What he wouldn’t give to have them look at him with half the delight they’d given Terzo tonight.
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