Forum: Red Rock View
05-15-2025, 10:52 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 83,278
Benji didn’t flinch.
Not when her grip...
Benji didn’t flinch.
Not when her grip turned punishing. Not when her voice broke on the word her. Not when her breath hitched like she was about to splinter into someone else again.
He let...
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Forum: Red Rock View
05-15-2025, 09:01 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 83,278
Benji held her like he was afraid to breathe...
Benji held her like he was afraid to breathe wrong.
Like if he let go—even for a second—she’d slip back through his fingers and into the dark she’d just clawed her way out of.
Her voice—his...
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Forum: Red Rock View
05-15-2025, 07:27 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 83,278
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Forum: Red Rock View
05-10-2025, 10:05 PM
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Replies: 35
Views: 59,619
He didn’t realize he was crying again until he...
He didn’t realize he was crying again until he felt it hit the back of his throat.
It wasn’t loud.
Just this tight, burning pressure behind his eyes—like something breaking slow, steady, quiet....
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Forum: Red Rock View
05-10-2025, 01:08 AM
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Replies: 35
Views: 59,619
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Forum: Red Rock View
05-09-2025, 11:47 AM
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Replies: 35
Views: 59,619
Eli didn’t finish his sentence.
Didn’t have...
Eli didn’t finish his sentence.
Didn’t have to.
Benji felt it—like the last bolt sliding into place. Like something inside the room shifted from scared to ready.
No more ghosts hanging in...
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Forum: Red Rock View
05-03-2025, 03:11 PM
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Replies: 35
Views: 59,619
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Forum: Red Rock View
05-03-2025, 11:14 AM
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Replies: 35
Views: 59,619
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Forum: Shadyside
05-02-2025, 07:40 AM
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Replies: 39
Views: 114,048
His legs moved.
He wasn’t sure how.
The...
His legs moved.
He wasn’t sure how.
The mall shifted around them in broken silence—flickering exit signs, cracked tiles, old gum stuck to the soles of his boots.
Heather walked beside...
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Forum: Shadyside
04-28-2025, 02:12 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 114,048
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Forum: Shadyside
04-27-2025, 09:44 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 114,048
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Forum: Shadyside
04-27-2025, 06:47 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 114,048
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Forum: Shadyside
04-27-2025, 06:09 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 114,048
The second Alice Mae said it, Benji felt the...
The second Alice Mae said it, Benji felt the weight of it land on Max’s shoulders like a brick.
Captain.
Leader.
The one who dragged them here without dragging her feet.
He hated how alone...
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Forum: Shadyside
04-27-2025, 02:38 AM
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Replies: 39
Views: 114,048
The farther they went, the worse the air got.
...
The farther they went, the worse the air got.
Benji tightened his grip on the flashlight, sweeping it low across the cracked concrete. The beam jittered against the grime-slick walls, the exposed...
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Forum: Shadyside
04-24-2025, 10:52 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 39,044
Benji didn’t breathe.
Couldn’t.
Because...
Benji didn’t breathe.
Couldn’t.
Because fuck—she just said home.
And she meant him.
Not a place. Not a house with windows and doors and a kitchen they’d never cook in. Him. The boy with...
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Forum: Shadyside
04-24-2025, 09:31 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 39,044
Benji swore his heart stopped.
Not the...
Benji swore his heart stopped.
Not the dramatic, lovesick kind of stopped. The real kind. The kind that made his chest ache and his breath stall and his mouth go dry because damn.
That was...
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Forum: Shadyside
04-24-2025, 08:11 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 39,044
Benji moved before she finished the sentence.
...
Benji moved before she finished the sentence.
Not with urgency. Not with panic. But with that same quiet intensity he always carried when it came to her—like his body already knew what to do, like...
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Forum: Shadyside
04-24-2025, 06:40 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 39,044
Benji breathed in sharp when the needle dragged...
Benji breathed in sharp when the needle dragged along bone—ribs always did that, lit a fire just under the skin. But he didn’t flinch. Didn’t blink. Not when she was sitting there across from him,...
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Forum: Shadyside
04-24-2025, 11:32 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 39,044
Benji didn’t smile right away.
Mostly...
Benji didn’t smile right away.
Mostly because if he did, he wasn’t sure he wouldn’t say fuck the needle and go to her. Crawl right off this chair and onto that cracked leather bench and kiss the...
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Forum: Shadyside
04-22-2025, 08:28 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 39,826
Benji stood frozen for a heartbeat, lips...
Benji stood frozen for a heartbeat, lips tingling, breath stolen, the imprint of her kiss seared onto his soul like a brand.
Down payment, she’d said.
Jesus.
He was done.
Absolutely...
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Forum: Shadyside
04-21-2025, 09:04 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 39,826
Benji smiled.
Not the cocky one. Not the...
Benji smiled.
Not the cocky one. Not the smirk he wore when he was trying to get her to roll her eyes or bite her lip.
This one was quieter. Slower. Like it had roots. Like it had been waiting...
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Forum: Shadyside
04-21-2025, 04:37 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 39,826
Benji didn’t flinch.
Not even a little.
...
Benji didn’t flinch.
Not even a little.
He just sat there, fork resting on his empty plate, coffee cooling between his hands, and looked at her like he had all the time in the world to listen....
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Forum: Shadyside
04-21-2025, 08:40 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 39,826
Benji didn’t breathe.
Didn’t blink.
...
Benji didn’t breathe.
Didn’t blink.
Didn’t move—except for the involuntary twitch in his jaw when her lips left his and took half his damn soul with them.
He sat there, dazed and wrecked and...
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Forum: Shadyside
04-21-2025, 01:00 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 39,826
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Forum: Shadyside
04-20-2025, 11:16 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 39,826
Benji didn’t stand a chance.
Not when she...
Benji didn’t stand a chance.
Not when she looked at him like that—like he was the dessert, the dare, the disaster she wanted to savor bite by bite. Like she’d decided the rest of the world could...
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