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d to say something...anything...

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r leaving her face. Up close, she noticed more details-his tousled dark hair, the

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irst thing her

diate

eet still

rette ash into the sink, his tongue p

re ne

nodded

ike he was entertaine

n her sweater and jeans...simple, modest, so un

cigarette, exhaling slowly b

e you gonna run off before someone el

ped her o

mbled backward, her hand

ed out, quickly turning

her as she practically b

mbled into the hallway, pres

ust ha

was

toos, the piercings, the cigarette-the smirk. He was exactl

r head, inha

Just find t

h her dorm assignment and checked the

he muttered, tracing th

toward the dorms, a loud voice

Xavier,

froze m

he turned

e he

d into his pocket, the other tossing the half-burned c

on his lips as his sh

without knowing who I am" he ad

me in han

te

an on seeing

urned around and walked fas

l his eyes on her b

did she let out the breath she did

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lighter, watching the small flame dance before he snapped it shut. Over and ov

l from

o pure. So

ù

f hers? It was d

sperate, eager, willing. They threw themselves at him

t

s world. And that made

e silver piercing between his lips, the ta

ified in that restr

est damn thing h

wanted to see her i

Breathle

n't even touched her yet, but fùck, the idea of corrupt

ugged at

ea what she ju

ed her.

lways got wh

fore exhaling. His tongue flicked over the cool metal of his piercing, his mind replaying t

le rabbit in a world full of wolves.

pping his cigarette to the ground

e jeans...everything about her screamed innocence,

He had even toyed with it.

ing at being good. This was a g

to be the one

g her shatter under his touch. He wanted to see her fall apart, to strip away

e best

t him. E

he ones who thought they

alway

needed the

rk pulled

able to run fr

d in his pocket. He already knew who it

, ri

e screen for a long second. The buzzing felt louder, more

ion, he smashed it ag

attering across the ground. The ringing d

o fists, his chest ris

they'd c

alway