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Stop fighting it

Autor: Annie. Natt
last update Data de publicação: 2026-04-26 22:52:12

I should have walked away.

That thought came first, sharp and clear, the moment the silence between us shifted into something heavier. The room still hummed softly with the glow of screens, but I wasn’t looking at them anymore.

I was looking at him.

Nikolai didn’t move at first. He just stood there, close enough now that I could feel it again, that quiet pressure he carried, like the air adjusted around him without permission.

“You’re thinking too much,” he said.

“That’s because none of this ma
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