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Slow Burn
Slow burn refers to a slow build up to a pivotal moment where the pent-up feelings or explosive emotions are released all at once. The type of feelings can be of different kinds, for example anger, romantic emotions or sexual chemistry.
Also see:
Slow-Burn Romance
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Slow-Burn Romance
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“
You are precious to me.
”
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We were fools.”
“You were children. Was there no one to protect you?”
“Was there anyone to protect you?”
“My father. My mother. They would have done anything to keep me from being stolen.”
“And they would have been mowed down by slavers.”
“Then I guess I was lucky I didn’t have to see that.”
How could she still look at the world that way? “Sold into a brothel at age fourteen and you count yourself lucky.”
“They loved me. They love me. I believe that.” He saw her draw closer in the mirror.
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― Crooked Kingdom
― Crooked Kingdom
