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August 14 - August 17, 2023
Our group consists of Bristol Brenner, center; me, right-winger; Fulton Cazzarelli, left-winger; Casen Strader, right defenseman; Kit Langley, left defenseman; and Gage Arlington, our goalie.
Attractive? ATTRACTIVE? Are you kidding me? He’s the most handsome man I’ve ever laid eyes on.
A laugh breaks free from her throat, and although it’s at my expense, I can’t help but love the way it sounds. Hoarse and full, melodic even.
“I think I’ll call you Stacks,” I decide. Her brow crumples. “Huh?” “You know, like a shortstack. Because you’re short.”
And her touch…don’t get me started on her touch. I want it everywhere and all at once, scouring every inch of me. I want to know her body like the back of my hand, so I don’t have to open my eyes to find all the ways to make her come undone.
I don’t know what it is about this girl, but she gets all my wires crossed.
“You’re adorable when you blush, you know that?” A flirtatious lilt skirts along his tone.
Holy shit. Why did I let him kiss me? This is going to end badly, I just know it. My number one rule is to never let anyone in. And what’s the first thing I do? I let someone in.
Even though I know this is all fake, this feeling is foreign to me…this nervousness. I only get nervous before a game. I don’t get nervous around women.
That game of Drink or Dare hasn’t left the back of my mind. It’s a constant reminder of how addictive Aeris Relera is—how one wrong move can lead to a Chernobyl-sized disaster.
“What do you want me to say, Aeris? Do you want me to tell you how every time you flash me that better-than-sex smile of yours, I grow hard? How you’re the only thing on my mind when I have my hand wrapped around my cock in the shower? How I want those perfect breasts of yours in my mouth while you fuck my hand with your pussy?”
“Look at you, soaking the blanket like such a greedy girl. How long have you been like this?”
Hayes Hollings just rocked my fucking world.
He talks about me? He’s over-the-moon-happy to be with me?
“I’d cross the ocean to tell you I missed you.”
“You do unspeakable things to me, Aeris Relera,”
“Let’s just say that I haven’t been able to stop thinking about that sweet fucking nectar between your legs, and I can’t wait until I’m nose-deep inside your gorgeous pussy again—until I can wear your scent like my new favorite cologne.”
“Tell the entire world that Aeris Relera is mine? Fuck yeah, I wanna do it.”
“You’re so incredible, Hayes. I just wish I looked better for you.”
“You have a soft belly. That’s all it is. You need to eat. You should be consuming at least two thousand calories every day. I don’t care where those calories come from. If you want to eat your weight in chicken nuggets, I’ll buy you every single bag.”
“I never want you to hide from me. I want every part of you, as you are. You’re beautiful, and I’ll remind you every day until you believe me.”
“You don’t need to wear makeup, Aeris. Your rawness is gorgeous. Your scars are natural, and I love them because they’re a part of you. Trying to cover them up is doing a disservice to your beauty.”
And since you’re my favorite subject, I’m never going to shut up.”
“Promise me you’ll be honest with her. Girls are simple. All we want is honesty.”
I never used to get nervous around women before Aeris, but to this day, I still get butterflies when I’m around her.”

