... wrapping the order up; she drops her phone onto the couch beside her afterwards, out onto vibration only for now. Then she sits up to lean in and help herself to a tiny little kiss. Perhaps another right after that lingers a bit too.
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゛ ...S̷HERRY.
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She peers over her phone, gaze narrowed as a small, 𝘜𝘩-𝘩𝘶𝘩, kind of hum topples off her lips. Still, she’s amused, so content she isn’t sure whether she really wants him to have the leverage of knowing just how much she’s enjoying it.
It’s a quick thing, ...
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As soon as Sherry found her place beside him, one palm shifted sideways, first settling on an ankle of hers but then wandering along the curve of her calf to rest at the high of it. "Lots," he replied, randomly adding to the growing list until he decided to hand over the —
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... with her socked feet tucked beneath Jake’s thigh. ‘Do they have anything sweet?’
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‘Jake,’ she says, the edge to it wholly exasperated—–. She decides not to ask, however, not quite sure whether she really wants to know if he’s being dramatic. ‘Yeah, just — get anything you want.’
Joining him on the couch, she leans against the armrest ...
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As soon as the couch was cleared, Jake sauntered towards it and lowered himself into cushions. Sinking into the softness of the pillows, one booted foot was stemmed into the edge of the coffee table. He continued tapping away at the display, adding her chosen meals as well as —
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... the tablet silenced and put aside too; the table's entire stretch occupied now, albeit with a sense to it.
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... an actual excuse to let go of work after hours altogether.
‘Spring rolls and — chao mian,’ she says, and then gets the few things from the kitchen island. ‘Maybe something to drink too? I only have water.’ With that, she might just have everything, ...
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There’s a hum only at first as she briefly struggles redirecting her attention from bringing everything into right order, one e-mail or another momentarily gnawing at her too. She’s bad at this, not used to having ...
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Photograph exchanged for the phone, his focus remained fixated on her for a heartbeat longer. He had expected it to feel strange, that the distance had changed how he felt, however, now stood in her apartment, reveling in the prospect of staying, it was like returning home. —
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... all her papers and files.
Handing the device over with the app opened, she ghosts a small kiss against his jaw before returning to just those work documents to relocate them to the dining table instead; couch deemed a whole lot more comfortable, ...
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She already misses the closeness, but he’s staying, she reminds herself—–. ‘Works with me,’ she says, the edge to her voice almost absent as she tries to track her phone down. She finds it on the couch beneath ...
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A singular laugh toppled off the tip of his tongue in response, eyes rolling clockwise; even if it was the truth, Jake knew what he had felt. The stirred emotional turmoil hadn't been the mere result of adrenaline. He would not be here now if it had. "I'm taking the 𝘰𝘳," he —
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... her lips only at first. ‘—–I can offer stir fry 𝘰𝘳 ordering something?’
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‘I’m not sure. The cold may have screwed my perception,’ she says, and after stealing another small, brief kiss from his lips, weaseled off the kitchen island.
Cupboard and fridge alike opened, there’s a contemplating hum that falls off ...
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"That so?" was offered in return, at last reaching for her palm that was still stemmed against his chest. Tugging it off and raising it high, a kiss was brushed against her knuckles. "Didn't hear you complaining when we were stuck in that stupid cabin in the mountains." What a —
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... There’s nothing to it, however; he already has her, entirely so.
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Momentarily, a frown comes to adore her features, only half dramatized, but it’s only so long before she realizes he might just be onto something and a laugh bubbles from her chest.
‘You may want to work on your sweet talking,’ she says, smiling still. ...
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Straightening his shoulders, eyes flickered down to her. The scar on his left cheek curved with the crooked smile being displayed, the tilt of his head underlining the mischief carved into his expressions. "You're essentially housing a man with more enemies than you can —
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... almost as if to keep him from closing the distance again right away.
‘Are you calling 𝘮𝘦 a mess?’ she asks, gaze narrowing, yet playfully still.
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There’s a moment of hesitation where his words settled in and she reveled in the closeness a little longer. Then, she leant back; a hand flat on the counter to keep her upright, the other that was on his shoulder before now rests on his chest, ...
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"A break, she says," he uttered against her skin, the smile on his lips evident in his voice. "I don't think that's even part of my vocabulary." Jake had never quite been give the time for pause; one war had chased the next, one tragedy the other. Sherry, in all of it, had —
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... need a break first,’ she continues, but really means that she wasn’t sure whether he could 𝘢𝘯𝘥 would separate her from her work: a bit of uncertainty always remained, despite how much they went through together.
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‘I didn’t want to ask for too much,’ she says, a little quieter now; while one set of fingers is loosely buried in the fabric stretching across his shoulders, fingertips of the other draw invisible marks against his side.
‘Thought you might ...
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The sound of his voice subsiding as their lips met, all that was audible was the muffled hum she so easily elicited from the very core of his being. A chuckle followed, low still, drawn out when he leaned forward to nose along her cheek and further down, simply to hide away —
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