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" Faisal, say it. Please, say it.” Adam scooted close and pressed their faces together. Memories flickered through his mind like photographs falling to the floor. The night they met, the music playing beneath the tent on the beach, and the sweet honey taste of luqaymat. Peaches on Faisal’s lips, the warmth of his skin, Subhanallah, Faisal was always so warm, like he carried the sun within his soul. Feeling sand beneath his knees and sliding through his fingers. “Please. I want this. I want to be by your side for all eternity. Please, Faisal. Maa shaa Allah. "
― Tal Bauer , Enemy Within (The Executive Office #3)
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" In Ethan’s arms, his soul burned, lit on fire, and escaped his body, sliding over his skin until Ethan breathed him in, took him inside of his own body, and their hearts beat as one. He was never more open, never more vulnerable, than he was in Ethan’s arms, and he loved it. Craved it. Needed it. Needed Ethan’s love. How could he ever live without this? "
― Tal Bauer , Enemy Within (The Executive Office #3)