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2026-06-25 08:00:37Spoon by spoon, quietly, without making it into anything bigger than it was, he fed me. And when the bowl was empty, I took the medication from his palm and the cup he held out, and I swallowed them both.
He curled into my side. I held him with the arm that still had some strength in it.
"In foster care," I started slowly, "they put things in my food. The boys."
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Jace POVI wanted him in front of me. Not from memory. From life.Painting Tim from memory had become as natural to me as breathing, but there was something entirely different about having him there real and warm and present, lying still for me because he chose to.We carried the supplies inside, shed the winter layers, and made our way to the bedroom.Sharing my art room with him had cost me something. Not in a bad way. In the way that all real things cost , giving someone a piece of yourself you've kept hidden for years pulls at something internal on the way out. But Tim was mine, and I wanted him to have all of me. Every part I had spent years protecting from the outside world."Take your clothes off," I told him. "Let me see what's
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Spoon by spoon, quietly, without making it into anything bigger than it was, he fed me. And when the bowl was empty, I took the medication from his palm and the cup he held out, and I swallowed them both.He curled into my side. I held him with the arm that still had some strength in it."In foster care," I started slowly, "they put things in my food. The boys."Tim's face went soft and sad. "Jace""I know you wouldn't." I cut him off before he could say it, because I needed him to know I already knew. "Dave did it too, sometimes. Sedated us. Made us sick when it served him." I paused. "When he wanted me to be with Hillary when I couldn't he gave me something to make my body cooperate."The quiet that followed was
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Jace POV"Jace." His voice reached me first. Soft and worn thin around the edges. "I need you to take this for me."Something pressed against my lips. I turned my head."Please." Just that one word, barely held together. "For me."I opened my eyes.Tim's face was pale and creased, his hair matted, dark circles carved under his eyes like he hadn't slept in days. He looked wrong. He looked like someone who had been through something.What happened? What happened to you?I realized I hadn't said it. My mouth hadn't moved."Don't leave me." His voice was barely above a breath. "I can't go through losing som
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He turned his face away. The pain in his eyes was physical. I felt it press into my own chest as though it were mine."You don't have to," I said. "Not tonight. Not until you're ready."I started to slide down his body, wanting to give him something wordless, something that said you are safe and I am here without requiring anything from him in return. But his hands came up and framed my face before I could get far, and he brought my mouth to his.We kissed slowly. Unhurried and deep, like we were both trying to say something the other needed to hear. His kiss had a language by now I'd been learning it for months. In it I heard: I'm sorry. I want to give you more. I don't know how yet. I answered back: You don't owe me anything. What you already give me is more than enough.When it ended, I worked my way down, settled close, and let my warmth be the thing that held him.His breathing deepened after a while. Then deeper still.He slept. I stayed.I was awake first, which almost never h
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Jace pushed back from the counter, came around, and stood close. "I'm sorry you lost her.""Me too." I leaned into him. "I almost didn't make it myself, before I got clean. Overdosed. And lately the only thing I think about when I remember that is if it had worked, I wouldn't be here. I wouldn't have found you." I looked up at him. "Some days that's the only reason I'm glad I survived."He tilted my chin up. Kissed me soft and slow, his mouth gentle, his hands steadier than anything I had ever held onto.When my stomach made a noise that ruined the moment, he laughed real and short and quiet and pulled back. "Eat.""Make your plate too. Then I wanted to work on the truck, and then I grinned at him. "Stalk Tim. Round two."Something moved across his face. Not quite a smile. "One day, little lamb."I always knew what that meant. One day I'll give you more of this too.Jace POV She was asking if I wanted to walk with her.She always asked like it was a question, even though we both k
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Dave had owned me. That was the only word for it. He had shaped me into whatever use I could be to him, and I had called it belonging.This was not that. Tim didn't take it from me. He uncovered me. Like peeling back layers of bark from something that had always been alive underneath, just waiting for light.I gave him everything. Held nothing back. When he finally broke, he pulled me down with him, and I pressed my mouth to his skin and let myself go too, something I still had to relearn every single time, the permission of it, the unguardedness of falling.Afterward, the room was quiet. Just breathing. Just us."Mine," I said against his hair. Barely a sound. Absolutely certain."I love you." His voice was soft and full. "So much."I said nothing. I felt everything."Come."He followed without question. He always did, and I never took that lightly.I ran the bath and knelt behind him with a warm cloth, cleaning him with care. His skin was tender and flushed. I pressed my lips there
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Carter Blake POV“The things I’d let him get away with…” I drawl, letting my head sink into the back of the sofa and closing my eyes just enough to be theatrical. “Honestly, Ness, even you would turn red if you knew.”Rachel likes to claim she’s a little adventurous, a secret kinkster, though I’ve
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Tyler Bennett POV“Be reasonable, Tyler,” Luca whispers through the phone, voice tight, almost shaking. “You’re still signed off. You can’t just”“Why not?” Tyler cuts me off, his tone low, dangerous. “My flight’s booked. I’m already at the airport.”I pau
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“We have to get out of here,” I hiss. “Now.”He doesn’t resist, only looks away and nods. “Which room?”“Top floor. Sixteen.”“Message me when it’s clear,” he says. Then he’s gone, a shadow slipping down the hall. Two songs later, I follow, heart hammering like a war drum, ev
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“Shhhh,” I gasp between giggles, “your parents will hear”He silences me with his lips.A kiss that crushes me. Long, heavy, paralyzing. The kind that drills past the teeth and tongue and digs straight into your chest, makes your heart stall and your br
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