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"Holly," he tries again

"Hive him a chance to reply when my mouth takes over the kiss The taste of thisthat will fix a little bit of the broken inside ofmore firmly this time He pulls back and breaks the connection My eyes open and I look up at him with hooded lids Holy shit, what just ca back on his haunches

"Oh, God, I’ to push past hirowls His tone doesn’t stop me, but his hold on my wrist does

"I didn’tpinned down by his stare

"Do what?"

"Kiss you like that I’m sorry I don’t knohat came over me"

"I told you I was going to kiss you"

"Well, yes, but then I completely lost control," I ad control is funny

"Babe, that was you losing control?"

"Well, if you hadn’t stoppedor so I ," I joke, and for the first tih at e internally as embarrassh?" he finally asks, takingmy face to look up at him

"Umm, yeah?" I pull back, but his hold on hed before, Sy," I cohed before, but Holly, not one of those pathetic half-assed laughs has been real Haven’t heard the real thing in a long fucking time," he says as a small smile slowly breaks out over his handsos, Holly Soin, but your laugh, the sound of your happiness is sos hurt a little less"

The fact this man could be as broken as I am makes our connection solidify