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“You’re fast. Like, inhumanly fast,” I hissed at him, ripping open a box of Jelly Belly’s.
“Keep your voice down,” he admonished me, scooping up bags of gummies to slide onto pegs.
“My voice is down,” I shot back in a harsh whisper. “And you’re avoiding.”
“I just wanted to make sure you were all right. I shouldn’t have left you alone like that when you could have been in shock.”
“I’m fine,” I told him quietly, the rage slowly escaping. “But, I want answers.”
He sighed, leaning his head briefly against the metal shelf. “This is not the place.”
Pausing for a moment to take in my surroundings, a laugh bubbled up, catching us both by surprise. Sobering immediately, I shot him a sharp look.
“Name the right place, then. We’re going to have a real talk.”
Closing his eyes, he took a deep breath and I realized he was as riled up as I was.
“After work,” he finally responded, spinning on a heal to exit the aisle, leaving a half empty box of skittles in his wake.”
― Night Shift
“Keep your voice down,” he admonished me, scooping up bags of gummies to slide onto pegs.
“My voice is down,” I shot back in a harsh whisper. “And you’re avoiding.”
“I just wanted to make sure you were all right. I shouldn’t have left you alone like that when you could have been in shock.”
“I’m fine,” I told him quietly, the rage slowly escaping. “But, I want answers.”
He sighed, leaning his head briefly against the metal shelf. “This is not the place.”
Pausing for a moment to take in my surroundings, a laugh bubbled up, catching us both by surprise. Sobering immediately, I shot him a sharp look.
“Name the right place, then. We’re going to have a real talk.”
Closing his eyes, he took a deep breath and I realized he was as riled up as I was.
“After work,” he finally responded, spinning on a heal to exit the aisle, leaving a half empty box of skittles in his wake.”
― Night Shift
“With as much risk as there was in my job, why shouldn’t I take the opportunity to find out what this craving would be like when finally quenched?
A decision I knew I would come to regret had been made, and there was no going back now.”
― Split
A decision I knew I would come to regret had been made, and there was no going back now.”
― Split
“Other girls dreamed of being princesses. I dreamed of being his nightmare.”
― Infiltration
― Infiltration
“Just then, more footsteps sounded in the hallway, and I did the first thing that came to mind to distract Christopher and give us an excuse for being up here.
Grabbing his lapel, I pulled him toward me until my back was against the wall. Planting my lips on his, I watched as his eyes widened, clearly not expecting this behavior from me. Quickly, though, he recovered, his hands finding my hips, his eyes sliding closed.
“Well, well, well, what do we have here?” the slick voice, that was all too recognizable now, broke us apart.
When I pushed him away, Christopher seemed too bewildered to speak. Cortez stood behind us, a bemused look on his face. My heart stopped as my gaze quickly jumped to the man beside Andres when he spoke one word, the deep timbre of his voice sending electricity down my spine.
“Parker?”
― Backfire
Grabbing his lapel, I pulled him toward me until my back was against the wall. Planting my lips on his, I watched as his eyes widened, clearly not expecting this behavior from me. Quickly, though, he recovered, his hands finding my hips, his eyes sliding closed.
“Well, well, well, what do we have here?” the slick voice, that was all too recognizable now, broke us apart.
When I pushed him away, Christopher seemed too bewildered to speak. Cortez stood behind us, a bemused look on his face. My heart stopped as my gaze quickly jumped to the man beside Andres when he spoke one word, the deep timbre of his voice sending electricity down my spine.
“Parker?”
― Backfire
“With the biggest and brightest smile I could manage, I waited for him to slam me against the wall and cuff me.”
― Abstraction
― Abstraction
“I'm like a cup of hot chocolate on a snowy day. You also said I smelled like campfires and evergreens." -Talon to Jade”
― Allure of Home
― Allure of Home
“Once more a shot rang out and I turned, eyes wide, as the bullet from Andres’ gun made its way unerringly toward me.”
― Backfire
― Backfire
“There was an immutable truth staring me in the face, and I had to stop deceiving myself. The truth was simple, and it was this.
My name is Parker Grey, and I'm a thief.”
― Deception
My name is Parker Grey, and I'm a thief.”
― Deception
“I need something to call you,” I announced to the room. “You look like a superhero to me. Dark and mysterious. Muscly. And tortured.”
Wincing at the word that popped out of my mouth, I quickly moved on.
“That pretty much describes Batman. And, come to think of it, I’ve never seen you and Batman in the same room at the same time.”
Standing, I moved closer to the bed, reaching out to brush away that same chunk of hair from his eyes.
“You hear me, Batman? You will survive this. I’m going to make sure of it.”
― Stowaway
Wincing at the word that popped out of my mouth, I quickly moved on.
“That pretty much describes Batman. And, come to think of it, I’ve never seen you and Batman in the same room at the same time.”
Standing, I moved closer to the bed, reaching out to brush away that same chunk of hair from his eyes.
“You hear me, Batman? You will survive this. I’m going to make sure of it.”
― Stowaway
“If you love me only in my dreams, let me be asleep forever.”
― Immaculate
― Immaculate
