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“Just relax, I’ve got you.”
“Why’s it I fuckin’ love that I marked you?”
“You already warned me you aren’t the type of guy I should be mixing with,”
“I’m definitely not. But I can’t stop thinking about you. How’s it you got under my skin?”
“How’s it that I was the one supposed to be marking you, and you’re the one who left the imprint? And now I can’t stop thinking about marking myself all over you. Writing myself on every fuckin’ inch of this sweet little body.”
“And I’m terrified that you make me want anything at all,”
That’s the whole problem, isn’t it? Why I haven’t been able to get you off my mind? Why I can’t look away? Why I feel like I’m going to go mad if I don’t get next to you?
“Not sure. Only thing I do know is I can’t stomach the thought of watching you leave right now. Don’t know what it is or why, but there’s something about you.”
“Might not be able to have you the way I want…the way I’ve been aching to do…but everything about you tells me I’m supposed to be here, right now, in front of you.”
“And if you need someone? If you get scared or want to give into whatever the fuck happened last night? If you want to run like I know you were planning to do? Then you come to me. You understand? You don’t have to be afraid.”
“And I felt the way you wanted to let go last night. The way you were aching to be touched. The way you needed to be shown that you deserve it so you can move on with your life and find the lucky bastard who’s the match to this sweet, beautiful heart. I see what’s inside you. I see what you need. And I know what you’ve been missin’.”
“I want to erase every scar he left. Kiss each of them away. Help you heal them so you know you have the strength to go on. So you know you don’t have to hide anymore. Because hiding who you are is a fuckin’ tragedy, Charleigh. Tragic when I can feel the goodness trying to shine out of you.”
“Promise you, these hands will never hurt you, Charleigh. They’ll only ever bring you pleasure.”
Favorite color? Tell me it’s pink like those sheets I got a peep at on your bed. Pink like those distracting scrubs you always wear. Same as the pink that flushes your cheeks when you’re turned on. Because I’m pretty sure that exact color just became my favorite.
“I’ve got you, Charleigh. Shh, I’ve got you.”
“I’ve got you.”
“I’ve got you,”
“Yeah, baby, you are. The second you ran through my door? That’s what you became. My responsibility. So, thank you, Little Runner, for runnin’ to me.”
“The way I’m going to make you feel might knock you out for a minute or two, but believe me, Charleigh, pretty sure it’s me who’s not going to survive you.”
“It’s you on my mind. You who has me hooked. You who has me wanting to do things I don’t do.”
“Can’t fuckin’ wait to show you what it feels like to be touched by me. Can’t wait to adore this body. I’m going to explore every inch of you. Show you that bastard no longer has any control over you.”
“That sound good to you, Little Runner? You want me to show you what it’s like to have so much pleasure you won’t be able to think of anything else but me? Gonna write myself so fuckin’ deep.”
“Yeah, I think she’s a really good surprise.”
“Nah. I saw you first. Wanted you first. Think that means you’re mine.”
“Get cozy, Little Runner. You aren’t going anywhere.”
“Nah, I’m not going to break you, Charleigh, I’m just going to ruin you for anyone else.”
“I wouldn’t get very far because you already have me on my knees.”
“Looking at you is like looking at the sun breaking on a new day and wishing I could hold onto that moment forever. That’s what I’m going to give you, Charleigh. A million new days where you get to wake up and shine all your light. Shower this world in your beauty because there’s so fuckin’ much of it, it’s a disgrace to keep it hidden. Gonna make you shine, Little Runner. Fuckin’ glow.”
“Fuck me. You’re a vision, Charleigh. A fuckin’ fantasy that I don’t ever want to stop dreaming.”
“You’re going to get it now, what it’s like to be someone’s queen.”
“That’s right, gorgeous. This is right where you belong. Wrapped around me, either on the back of my bike or in my bed.”
“Oh, Little Runner, I’m not the light. Already warned you about that. It’s just that I’m going to stand in front of every demon and ghost so you can stand on a pedestal and shine.”
“Don’t think I want to make you forget anymore, Charleigh. Think I want to help you remember exactly who you are.”
“How could it be too fast if I’ve been waiting on you my entire life?”
“Yeah, I see what’s happened here, too. Little Runner wrecked me. Wrecked me good.”
“Think you’ve become the motivation, Little Runner. You changed everything. Every. Fucking. Thing.”
“I’m not supposed to keep you, but I don’t know how to let you go.”
“Because I love you. I’m so fucking in love with you. So caught up I can’t see a future where you don’t exist in it. I can’t imagine a day that I wake up without you in my arms. You fuckin’ struck me the first time I saw you, Charleigh. Pierced me all the way through. Stole some part of me when I inked myself on you. But you have all of me now. If you want it. If you’ll take it.”
“I’ll take it. I need it. Because I love you, too. I think maybe a part of me fell for you that night. Because I was dead inside. So dead, and you lit the last vapor of hope that I possessed. Stoked it and brought it back to life. And I want to live. I want to live. And I want to live it with you.”
“It’s you and me, Charleigh. From here to eternity.”
