21/04/2026 03:06

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Yeah, I know. Enough of strangers pawing my boyfriends. I would say it's always me, but it's usually not. I shrugged.

Part of me, though I might never say out loud, had been wanting to cross this barrier, to shove it aside, to bend it, break it, ignore it. I wanted a kiss. He vanished inside, only his piteous screaming coming back out to tell us he'd found another open window, another wash of sunlight. I knew now, for dead certain, that there were worse things.