First Flight, Final Fall
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Read between March 2 - March 3, 2023
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I tend not to think before I speak.
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me neither babe.
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“Yellow is really not your color, Anne,” I inform my redheaded housemate
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neutrals for life🫶🏼🫡
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I ask, fully aware that I sound like I wasn’t paying attention. Mostly because I wasn’t.
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she’s kind of a bitch
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The most famous soccer—fine, football—star in the world.
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soccer, i’m american
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His dirty blond hair
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dark brown **
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“By all means, show me your technique.”
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kinda hot
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The tiny town in Georgia where I grew up most certainly didn’t have it,
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dahlonega..?
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“How do you know? Maybe I was personally invited by the owner,”
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something tells me he’s the owner
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“Because I own this place.”
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called it
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“Maybe you should spend less time managing your club and more time practicing penalty kicks.”
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this was unnecessary
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“The only player in the club over ninety is me.” Grudging, barely discernable respect lightly coats his tone. Adler fucking Beck checked my conversion rate. “You looked me up?”
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WHAT’S THAT MEAN
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And then Adler Beck kisses me. I’m kissing Adler Beck.
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THIS IS WHY I READ SLOWBURNS???! WHY WE KISSING ALREADY
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I decided approximately two minutes ago I was going to fuck Adler Beck,
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WE NOT EVEN 100 PGS IN
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The crowds extend to the park that’s my destination.
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let me guess, we’re gonna run into what’s his face
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“Of all the parks in all of Germany.” My stomach lurches, torn between sinking with dread and jumping with excitement. I finish tying my sneakers and look up. Adler Beck is standing at the opposite end of the bench, wearing sunglasses, a baseball cap, and an inscrutable expression.
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called it
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“Sure it wasn’t when you were humping me last night?” Beck crosses his arms and leans against the closest tree trunk,
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BYE
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The kiss starts as a whisper. Beck barely brushes his lips against mine. The tease of friction is tantalizing, sending shivers slithering down my body. I scoot closer instinctively, deepening the contact. Soft warmth turns wanton and urgent. Then, nothing.
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YALL ARE IN PUBLIC
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And that’s how I end up sleeping with Adler Beck for a second time.
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this book is so fast😭
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“Sure hope I didn’t knock you up,” Beck comments in a conversational tone as I slip the phone into the pocket of my shorts.
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DUDE
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“Seriously? What is it with you and small—” He cuts me off by shoving his tongue into my mouth and then walking me backward until cool cinderblock presses into my spine.
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GD WTF
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“I thought you’d wear something else.” That’s how Beck greets me the following weekend when I reach him.
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we are moving so fast😭
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The next few weeks fly by.
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HUH
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“Will—uh—will your parents be there?”
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well if it’s a family brunch… i imagine so
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“Hans is fine,”
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of the southern isles….?
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“Well, he’s fucked me more than once.”
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SAYLOR
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There’s a pregnant pause.
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the pause 🤰🏽
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“Ich liebe dich.”
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okay phineas and ferb