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Chapter 14: The Aftertaste
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2025-08-23 20:03:45
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The old library wing felt like a forgotten place.Dust clung to the tall wooden shelves, and the weak yellow lights overhead flickered occasionally, casting long shadows that stretched across the marble floor. It smelled faintly of old books and cold stone, the kind of place students rarely visited anymore.But tonight it felt alive.Eliot stood frozen near the doorway, heart pounding violently in his chest. Every instinct screamed that he shouldn’t be here. Theo was probably still asleep, unaware that Eliot had slipped from his arms in the middle of the night.And yet…Here Eliot was.Standing only a few feet away from Damien.Damien studied him like a hunter watching something rare and delicate. His dark eyes moved slowly over Eliot’s face, lingering on the flushed cheeks, the nervous bite of Eliot’s lower lip.“You look terrified,” Damien said softly.Eliot swallowed. “I am.”Damien chuckled under his breath, pushing himself away from the doorway. His footsteps echoed quietly as he
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Morning came too quickly.The pale light of dawn slipped through the blinds, painting Eliot’s skin in soft gold. Theo hadn’t moved all night, his arm still heavy across Eliot’s waist, his body curved protectively against his back. It should have been comforting. It should have made Eliot feel safe.But it didn’t.Eliot lay still, wide awake, heart racing as if he’d run miles. His lips were sore from Theo’s consuming kisses, his body marked with fresh evidence of possession. He had surrendered—again. And yet, when his thoughts drifted, it wasn’t only Theo he remembered.It was Damien’s words. Damien’s touch. Damien’s promise.Eliot squeezed his eyes shut. Shame crashed over him, hot and suffocating. Why can’t I stop thinking about him?The soft buzz of his phone shattered the fragile quiet.Theo stirred faintly, muttering in his sleep, tightening his arm around Eliot as though he sensed danger even in dreams. Eliot’s stomach dropped. He slid his hand carefully under the pillow, pulling
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Theo didn’t sleep again.Not after the words he’d whispered against Eliot’s lips—I know every inch of you. Every scent. It wasn’t just a warning; it was a vow. He wasn’t going to let Damien’s phantom touch poison what belonged to him.And as he watched Eliot lying there, flushed and trembling under the faint silver glow of the moon, Theo’s chest burned with a mix of love, obsession, and something darker.“You’re mine,” Theo murmured again, almost to himself, but Eliot stirred at the sound, his lashes fluttering.“Theo…” Eliot whispered, voice rough, his body still humming from the storm Theo had unleashed on him earlier.Theo brushed his thumb along Eliot’s jaw, eyes burning into his. “Say it again,” he demanded softly, his tone velvet over steel. “Tell me whose you are.”Eliot’s breath caught. His body obeyed before his heart could rebel. “Yours. Only yours.”Theo leaned down, pressing a kiss to Eliot’s collarbone, slow and lingering, then to the hollow of his throat, where his lips
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Theo wasn’t asleep.At least, not fully. His body had dozed in and out, but something in the way Eliot shifted against him—the sharpness of his breath, the tremor in his hands—kept Theo tethered to the surface. When Eliot pressed closer to him, trying too hard to bury himself in the safety of Theo’s chest, Theo’s instincts flared.Something was wrong.Theo’s eyes snapped open, sharp and predatory even in the dim glow of the moonlight streaming through the window. He didn’t move immediately. He only listened. Eliot’s breathing was uneven, shallow, nothing like the soft rhythm Theo had memorized.And beneath that, faint but undeniable, Theo heard it: the buzz of a phone under the pillow.His chest tightened, heat flashing through him in a rush that was equal parts fury and fear.Slowly, deliberately, Theo brushed his lips against Eliot’s temple, murmuring, “Why are you trembling, moonlight?” His voice was low, intimate, but there was an edge to it—an undercurrent of danger Eliot couldn’
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The air between them thickened until it was hard to breathe. The old music hall, with its cracked windows and dusty instruments, became a cage—one too small for the three of them, too fragile to contain the storm building in every stolen glance, every sharp word.Eliot pressed back against the cold
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The room was suffocating, thick with heat and the lingering taste of their kisses. Eliot’s back pressed against the door, his chest heaving, his shirt half-tugged up where Theo’s hands had roamed greedily. His body burned everywhere Theo had touched, a fire that no shame could put out.“Theo,” Elio
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Theo’s grip didn’t loosen until they were back in Eliot’s dorm room, the door slammed shut with a force that rattled the walls. His chest rose and fell like he’d run a marathon, his eyes blazing in a way Eliot had never seen before.“Why were you there?” Theo’s voice was low, rough, barely controll
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