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𝑻𝒉𝒆 π’Œπ’π’Šπ’‡π’† π’Šπ’ 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’…π’‚π’“π’Œ, π’‘π’π’Šπ’”π’†π’… 𝒕𝒐 π’”π’•π’“π’Šπ’Œπ’†. 𝑀𝑦 𝑙𝑖𝑑𝑑𝑙𝑒 π‘ π‘‘π‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘™π‘–π‘”β„Žπ‘‘ @comingambulance

Joined February 2022
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"𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕 π’‡π’†π’†π’π’Šπ’π’ˆ? 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕 π’†π’Žπ’‘π’•π’Šπ’π’†π’”π’”? 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕'𝒔 𝒀𝒐𝒖 π’‚π’ƒπ’‚π’π’…π’π’π’Šπ’π’ˆ π’π’Šπ’‡π’†'𝒔 π’ˆπ’“π’†π’‚π’•π’†π’”π’• π’…π’†π’π’–π’”π’Šπ’π’. 𝑨 π’π’Šπ’‡π’† π’•π’‚π’Œπ’†π’ π’Šπ’” π’π’π’•π’‰π’Šπ’π’ˆ π’Žπ’π’“π’† 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 a 𝒑𝒐𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒐𝒇 π’„π’π’Šπ’ 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π’π’Šπ’‡π’†π’•π’Šπ’Žπ’† 𝒐𝒇 π’“π’†π’ˆπ’“π’†π’•"
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He met her gaze for a moment after her timid thank you, leaning back to stare up at the distant, empty sky, it’s sea of stars lost to city lights. The man inhaled softly, smoke filling his lungs with every puff of his cigarette as she spoke. Something always niggled away at +
Feeling the weight of the heavy material of his jacket coming down across her shoulders pulled her eyes back to him, blush slowly softening across her face. β€œThank you, but you didn’t have to do that.” She tried to keep her eyes from wondering, but the water streaming down
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the nature of their conversation, perhaps it was due to how physically close they were to one another, but when he leaned close to light up his cigarette for a second time with her own, this one felt different. It felt deeper, unique...intimate. β€œI don’t do this for +
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everyone.” Talon leaned away, resting his back against the bench with another long puff of his cigarette. β€œJust you.”
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He could feel her gaze boring holes into him before she sharply looked away, the corners of his lips curling into the faintest of mischievous smirks. Talon closed his eyes for a moment, breathing in the cool night air, feeling the droplets cascading around them, rivulets of of +
She didn’t bother shifting her gaze initially, she knew that voice well enough. β€œI knew I smelt trouble.” Cliche, but that was the point. She’d smile to further indicate her intentions of teasing, but he was right, it had been a long night and she was too tired to even try.
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Scars littered every inch of the man’s muscular arms, from deep gashes to old bullet wounds, to seared flesh from fire, or worse. β€œI’ll show up tomorrow,” he spoke softly, draping the jacket round her shoulders to offer some warmth, β€œpoint them out to me and I’ll deal +
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The genuine fear in her voice, coupled with her sudden shift in demeanour caught him off-guard. He was a natural born, cold hearted killed, forged from the fires of war and the grimy, lurid underbelly of world. And yet the innocence behind those doe eyes, silently pleading for +
β€œW-wait!” This time the fear in her voice was undeniable. She’d acted too fast to even try and hide it. Without thinking, her hand discreetly but desperately slid across the table, her fingers extending, aiming for the warmth of the very wrist he’d used as an ashtray; but
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never leaving her own, searching that desperation and fear with a cold apathy. He exhaled, his amber hues flickering shut for a brief moment before nodding to the back exit, straightening himself. β€œC’mon then.” he offered his arm to take, slipping his free hand into his +
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jacket’s pocket. β€œI can either take You home and keep watch, or you can bunk at my place for the night. We can talk about payment in the morning.”
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β€œGonna catch a cold sittin’ out in the rain.” Talon spoke softly as he stepped out of the club alley’s shadows. For once, the city that barely slept was silent, broken only by the gentle sound of rainfall on stony streets and darkened windows. He stepped over the bench’s +
β€œGoodnight, Bobby.” A soft smile crosses her face as she waves home the last of her staff. After locking the door, she allows herself a moment to appreciate the peace of the night β€” occupying an empty bench, she lights her cigarette and watches the rain.
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frustration written across it before turning to face her. He reached up with his left hand, taking Shalom by the chin to draw her in, pressing the tip of his cigarette to her own to light it before leaning back. Smoke filled his lungs as he took a long dreg, staring up into +
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the gentle rainfall overhead. β€œPenny for your thoughts, Orchidae?”
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