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Compromised

Author: E L Simon
last update publish date: 2026-07-16 21:07:53

Jamie turned, already babbling.

“Oh—sorry, I—Coach said I could, I didn’t realize anyone was still—”

The words tangled and fell apart in his mouth.

The man standing in the doorway to the showers was huge. Barefoot. Towel slung low around his hips, damp and hanging heavy, one hand absently scrubbing through wet hair as if he’d only just noticed he wasn’t alone.

Jamie’s brain stalled.

Max.

Not the version burned into his memory from that cursed photo. This one was bigger. Broader. Skin still flus
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