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21 " Gotta concentrate, honey,” he smiled, then glanced at her with a wink. “And you looking at me the way you’re looking at me really is not helping. "
― Sibylla Matilde , Little Conversations (Conversations, #1)
22 " ...he’d become the star on the horizon that had gently kept her centered. The warm comfort in a storm. The fragment of kindness in what had been for so long an unkind world... "
23 " As her eyes drifted closed and sleep overcame her, she saw Ronin in the stars. A warrior. A saint. A savior. "
24 " She nuzzled his chest as his fingertips combed through the wavy tendrils of her hair. The gentle motion lulled her eyes closed and drew a deep yawn from her tired body. “This,” she murmured sleepily, “being here with you like this, it’s a lovely escape, too.”Ronin kissed her forehead in agreement, momentarily tightening his hold on her. “That it is, honey,” he breathed as she drifted off to sleep. “That it is… "
25 " ...she pressed her face up against his neck, smelling the warmth of his skin. She inhaled the scent of soap and fresh air and… Ronin. Her eyes drifted shut and, just for a moment, she pretended this was real. "
26 " There was something about Ronin, being so close with her face pressed against the soft flannel covering his chest. There was something about the way his heartbeat and his breathing echoed through his body, the slight movement of him slowly chewing his gum. Her senses began to relax, and her feelings shifted from the humiliation of her abasement. The warmth of Ronin’s body began to soothe her misery. For a little while, she began to feel… safe. "
27 " Fuck baseball... "
28 " Zeus was kind of a sneaky bastard and was always morphing into other creatures to get it on with the ladies... "
29 " Friends. Just friends. Baseball... baseball... "
30 " You want me in there so badly, don't you? "
31 " ...she had developed such a quiet comfort in his presence, like all the hurt of the world couldn't touch her. Yet, every once in a while, that comfort would switch to an ache for something more. Right now, that ache was intense and pounding. "
32 " I had to see you, baby.” Ronin’s hands enveloped her cheeks, his thumbs brushing along her cheekbones as his fingers slipped around the base of her head. He touched his forehead to hers. “I just had to… "
33 " Zeus was kind of a sneaky bastard and was always morphinginto other creatures to get it on with the ladies..." ~ Devin "