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“You’re a beautiful woman. Any man would try this out with you,” he says. “If you want to test this with me, don’t do it because you’re scared you won’t get a chance again. That fear is unfounded,” he says.


Oh James, I'm so in love with you

He likes what you like, runs through my head. He would probably be good at it, too. If you tried it with him. If you asked him questions.


Florence I love you

“We can play for it,” he says, and sets the pawn down.
“Play chess? And the loser has to answer?”


I love reading about smart people arguing

“Thank you.”
It sounds like it’s forced out between ground teeth. My smile widens. “I accept! And you didn’t die. Isn’t that amazing?”
“A near thing,” he mutters, but he doesn’t look away from me.

She’s beautiful.
Annoying, that is. Not her beauty, but that I can’t seem to stop noticing it. It would be easier if I didn’t.


I knew James's character was my type since forever, I'm in heaven rn

She was once the bane of my existence. The thorn in my skin, the stone in my shoe. And now she’s been sent here to torment me in person, to stand in the way and complicate what should be simple.


Yesyesyes