“I can’t say what I really want to,” Eli says hoarsely. “So right now I’m going to say thank you and hug you, because if I don’t get my hands on you in some way I’m going to fucking lose it.” I get out a relieved, whooshing, “Yesokay” before he pulls me close. One hand curls around my shoulder to anchor me to him, the other wrapping around my back, his fingers digging in so hard it’s pleasure-pain. He breathes out against my neck, not quite a sigh, almost a groan. “So, hey,” a voice says in my ear after a lingering moment. I wrench back to find Jamie standing there with a too-wide grin on her
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