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Forum: Venice Canals 09-09-2025, 05:52 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 25,103
Posted By Everett James
He didn’t trust the air in his lungs not to...

He didn’t trust the air in his lungs not to shake.

Didn’t trust his voice not to crack if he answered too fast, so he didn’t try. Didn’t ruin it. Just stood there with her hands on him — one...
Forum: Venice Canals 09-08-2025, 12:43 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 25,103
Posted By Everett James
Everett didn’t speak at first. Didn’t trust...

Everett didn’t speak at first.

Didn’t trust his voice to work right.

Because when she said “You just have to stay,” something in his chest cracked open — wide and raw and terrifying in the best...
Forum: Venice Canals 09-07-2025, 05:06 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 25,103
Posted By Everett James
He went. Of course he did. Didn’t say a...

He went.

Of course he did.

Didn’t say a word, didn’t crack a joke — just rose with the kind of quiet gravity that felt older than both of them, like maybe his bones had been waiting for this...
Forum: Venice Canals 09-07-2025, 12:24 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 25,103
Posted By Everett James
He almost laughed. Not because she was...

He almost laughed.

Not because she was trying to be funny — though she was, and God, she always had that timing, that tilt of a line that could make the air lighter — but because of the way it hit...
Forum: Venice Canals 09-06-2025, 05:55 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 25,103
Posted By Everett James
He didn’t blink when she leaned into him. ...

He didn’t blink when she leaned into him.

Didn’t flinch when she rested her forehead against his shoulder like the weight of the evening had finally settled somewhere safe.

He just… let her.
...
Forum: Venice Canals 09-06-2025, 05:07 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 25,103
Posted By Everett James
Everett didn’t smile right away. Didn’t...

Everett didn’t smile right away.

Didn’t reach for her. Didn’t press his mouth to her temple or promise her anything in return.

He just breathed.

Because what she’d given him — this...
Forum: Venice Canals 09-06-2025, 03:56 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 25,103
Posted By Everett James
Everett didn’t move at first. Didn’t speak....

Everett didn’t move at first.

Didn’t speak. Didn’t blink. Didn’t breathe.

Because for one fragile second, it didn’t feel real — the way she slid down beside him like she belonged there. The way...
Forum: Venice Canals 09-06-2025, 02:20 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 25,103
Posted By Everett James
Everett didn’t move at first. Didn’t reach...

Everett didn’t move at first.

Didn’t reach for her face. Didn’t pull her closer.

He just let the kiss live.

Let it settle between them like truth. Like a yes that didn’t need conditions or...
Forum: Venice Canals 09-06-2025, 10:25 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 25,103
Posted By Everett James
Everett didn’t reach for the wine. Didn’t fumble...

Everett didn’t reach for the wine. Didn’t fumble for words to make the moment easier. He just let it stretch — that quiet, charged kind of stillness where everything important already lived.

Where...
Forum: Venice Canals 09-06-2025, 07:42 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 25,103
Posted By Everett James
Everett didn’t flinch when her fingers brushed...

Everett didn’t flinch when her fingers brushed his.

He just looked down — slow, like the motion itself might break whatever spell was holding the moment together — and let the contact settle. Not...
Forum: Venice Canals 09-05-2025, 10:13 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 25,103
Posted By Everett James
Everett didn’t answer right away. He just...

Everett didn’t answer right away.

He just let the door shut behind him, soft click of metal on wood, then stood there for a breath too long — like maybe the porch light had peeled something open...
Forum: Oakwood 09-05-2025, 08:08 PM
Replies: 114
Views: 130,689
Posted By Everett James
Everett didn’t say anything at first. Just...

Everett didn’t say anything at first.

Just took the coffee like it might burn if he reached too fast. His fingers brushed hers for half a second — just long enough to feel the warmth radiating...
Forum: Oakwood 09-05-2025, 07:16 PM
Replies: 114
Views: 130,689
Posted By Everett James
Everett didn’t move right away. Didn’t crack...

Everett didn’t move right away.

Didn’t crack a joke. Didn’t flinch when she called him out — though, to be fair, she had a point. The seduction attempt was… unorthodox.

But he held her gaze...
Forum: Oakwood 09-05-2025, 06:44 PM
Replies: 114
Views: 130,689
Posted By Everett James
Everett didn’t rush to say anything — never did,...

Everett didn’t rush to say anything — never did, really. He just watched her lean into the doorway like she belonged there, like she hadn’t just spent five minutes calling his walk-in a serial killer...
Forum: Oakwood 09-05-2025, 06:02 PM
Replies: 114
Views: 130,689
Posted By Everett James
Everett didn’t look up right away. He was...

Everett didn’t look up right away.

He was elbow-deep in some half-disassembled contraption that looked like it had been part of the fryer, the espresso machine, or maybe an alien spacecraft — hard...
Forum: Oakwood 09-05-2025, 02:33 PM
Replies: 114
Views: 130,689
Posted By Everett James
Everett leaned against the prep counter like he...

Everett leaned against the prep counter like he owned it — which, okay, technically he did, but the vibe was less business owner and more resident kitchen gremlin who somehow unionized the griddle.
...
Forum: Oakwood 09-05-2025, 12:14 PM
Replies: 114
Views: 130,689
Posted By Everett James
Everett watched her from the pass — elbow...

Everett watched her from the pass — elbow propped, tray forgotten, one hand absently tracing the edge of the order ticket still clipped above the heat lamp. He didn’t say anything. Didn’t have to.
...
Forum: Oakwood 09-05-2025, 09:41 AM
Replies: 114
Views: 130,689
Posted By Everett James
Everett didn’t reach for the pinecone right away....

Everett didn’t reach for the pinecone right away.

Just looked at it.

Then at her.

Then back again — like he was weighing the gravity of what she’d just handed him, and not because it smelled...
Forum: Oakwood 09-04-2025, 10:46 PM
Replies: 114
Views: 130,689
Posted By Everett James
Everett didn’t move when she kissed him. ...

Everett didn’t move when she kissed him.

Didn’t deepen it, didn’t rush it, didn’t ruin it with words.

He just felt it — all the way down.

The warmth of her lips. The press of her fingers....
Forum: Oakwood 09-04-2025, 09:07 PM
Replies: 114
Views: 130,689
Posted By Everett James
Everett blinked once — slow — like he was...

Everett blinked once — slow — like he was recalibrating in real time from emotional battlefield to performance art séance meets seasonal garnishment.

Then he dragged a hand down his face, the...
Forum: Oakwood 09-04-2025, 07:15 PM
Replies: 114
Views: 130,689
Posted By Everett James
Everett didn’t say anything right away. ...

Everett didn’t say anything right away.

Didn’t joke. Didn’t pivot.

He just held her hand.

His thumb kept that slow rhythm across her knuckles, steady and quiet like the tide, and his gaze...
Forum: Oakwood 09-04-2025, 02:35 PM
Replies: 114
Views: 130,689
Posted By Everett James
Everett huffed a quiet breath — something between...

Everett huffed a quiet breath — something between a laugh and a sigh — and let his elbow rest on the counter, cheek angling toward her just enough that his dimple showed. Damn thing always gave him...
Forum: Oakwood 09-03-2025, 10:02 PM
Replies: 114
Views: 130,689
Posted By Everett James
Everett stayed leaning in the doorway a beat...

Everett stayed leaning in the doorway a beat longer than necessary, arms still crossed, weight resting on one heel like he wasn’t quite ready to break the moment.

Because damn if she didn’t make...
Forum: Oakwood 06-12-2025, 09:15 PM
Replies: 114
Views: 130,689
Posted By Everett James
Everett didn’t say anything at first. Just...

Everett didn’t say anything at first.

Just watched her—her—step out of that booth like it wasn’t a goodbye anymore. Like it was the start of something she didn’t have to explain, or water down, or...
Forum: Oakwood 06-12-2025, 08:41 PM
Replies: 114
Views: 130,689
Posted By Everett James
Everett didn’t rush to answer. Didn’t meet...

Everett didn’t rush to answer.

Didn’t meet her heat with more heat, or her teasing with something slick. He just watched her—really watched her—with that quiet kind of reverence he hadn’t known...
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