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“Hi,” Eli said nervously

My body was already reacting to being so physically close to the youngerwith excitement

“Hi”

We both stood there in a tangle of aard silence until I finally said, “Did you need so?”

“U?”

Eli was still clearly afraid of me, but since it was the most he’d ever spoken to me, I was very curious to hear what he had to say “Sure,” I said and I began walking down the stairs Eli fell in step next toto work up the nerve It wasn’t until I pushed the door open leading to the floor where my Harley was parked that Eli finally opened his mouth

“I ondering…do you kno to fight?”

“Fight?” I asked as I approached ht next to ured it was mine and parked there intentionally We were parked in the farthest corner of the garage so there was little foot traffic

“Yeah…I mean, like do you know self-defense stuff?”

My body tensed up at that and I turned to face hi happen?” I asked

Eli began chewing on his lower lip and before I could even think about what I was doing, I reached up with ers to free his tender flesh from the hold his teeth had on it Eli stilled at my touch and then closed his eyes like he was in pain But I kneasn’t pain that he was feeling

Fuck, why couldn’t I get a grip around this guy?

I dropped my hand and took a step back so there would bereach for hiain