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by
D.N. Bryn
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October 27 - November 15, 2024
“I was going to take Leoni to see this new romance adventure movie that came out last weekend.” “Abandoning me for your girlfriend.” “You could go get your own girlfriend, or boyfriend,” she added, “inbetween friend, neither friend. Whoever makes you tingly in your—” “I’m hanging up now.” “Pingly,”
“Wait! Wait, come back, you can eat me!” As he said it, the hazy desires of his dream returned in tingles and flashes, forcing him to swallow at the end. It wasn’t like he wanted a vampire to pin him down and snack on him. If his aversion to the bloodsucker wasn’t so outweighed by his loathing for Vitalis-Barron, he wouldn’t have wanted this particular vampire near any part of his body. It was just that the idea of being bitten triggered a rush of adrenaline. Like the thought of skydiving. Except that in one of those situations you died, and in the other one a beautiful monster licked your
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mean, you should come back. I know we weren’t friends or anything, but it would be cool to catch up. Besides, I have blood. You need blood. It’s a win-win.” “You would let me bite you?” It sounded like a joke. It had to be a joke. “Voluntarily?” “No, you’d have to catch me first.” Wes snorted. “Yeah dude, voluntarily. But only if you ring the doorbell. My screen is looking like hell and you really don’t know what I might be getting up to during all hours of the night.”
wanted to be around Wesley, to bask in his kindness and try to repay him for it. But at the same time, he knew himself and the patterns his life took on. He didn’t want to drag Wes into that. And he didn’t want to be kicked to the curb again when Wesley finally realized just how much Vincent wasn’t worth his effort.
“Hey, hey, I wager you my most tasty blood that we can’t have our own boat party,” Wesley whispered, leaning in like it was a secret. He’d been doing that a lot since their first stop; making everything a secret, as though this entire night were an inside joke between the two of them and not a one-way street of him trying to get his lips as close to Vincent’s skin as possible.

