Forum: O‘ahu
09-09-2025, 05:42 PM
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Replies: 137
Views: 244,790
She should’ve looked away.
Should’ve cracked...
She should’ve looked away.
Should’ve cracked a joke or rolled her eyes or done anything to shift the weight of what he’d just handed her — not some platitude or fix-it fantasy, but something real....
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Forum: O‘ahu
09-08-2025, 02:04 AM
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Replies: 137
Views: 244,790
Leighton didn’t say anything at first.
Just...
Leighton didn’t say anything at first.
Just watched him hold the photo like it was made of glass. Like she was. And maybe that’s what finally made her speak.
“That was taken in Fresno,” she...
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Forum: O‘ahu
09-07-2025, 05:47 PM
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Replies: 137
Views: 244,790
Leighton...
Leighton (https://i.ibb.co/vxxgFkRR/96-AC64-F1-3308-4072-8712-63156-E1-F9746.png) didn’t stumble across the box.
She found it on purpose.
Tugged it from beneath her bed with slow, deliberate...
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Forum: O‘ahu
09-06-2025, 05:51 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 65,553
Leighton didn’t look back right away. She just...
Leighton didn’t look back right away. She just kept walking, his hand still wrapped in hers like it was the most natural thing in the world — like reaching for him hadn’t been a decision but a...
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Forum: O‘ahu
09-06-2025, 05:01 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 65,553
Leighton shifted her weight just enough to face...
Leighton shifted her weight just enough to face him. Still by the door, still with her bag slung over one shoulder, but now fully turned toward him — like she was giving all of it back. All the air...
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Forum: O‘ahu
09-06-2025, 03:53 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 65,553
Leighton didn’t say anything at first.
Just...
Leighton didn’t say anything at first.
Just let their hands stay tangled, even when he moved. Even when his voice cracked and his back went stiff and the entire air in the room shifted like...
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Forum: O‘ahu
09-06-2025, 02:17 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 65,553
Leighton didn’t disappoint him.
She swatted...
Leighton didn’t disappoint him.
She swatted him hard across the shoulder — the kind of hit that made a satisfying sound and just enough impact to say you earned that, without letting it get...
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Forum: O‘ahu
09-06-2025, 09:35 AM
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Replies: 38
Views: 65,553
Leighton didn’t speak at first.
Didn’t...
Leighton didn’t speak at first.
Didn’t interrupt the silence he left hanging.
Didn’t reach for the sketchbook again.
She just watched.
Watched him hold the weight of his own history in his...
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Forum: O‘ahu
09-06-2025, 06:29 AM
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Replies: 38
Views: 65,553
Leighton didn’t answer right away.
Just...
Leighton didn’t answer right away.
Just tilted her head, watching him with that look—the one that always made him feel a little exposed, like she could see every messy corner he’d spent years...
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Forum: O‘ahu
09-05-2025, 10:12 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 65,553
Leighton didn’t rush to answer.
She just let...
Leighton didn’t rush to answer.
She just let the quiet hold — not in hesitation, but in understanding. Like maybe she knew the weight of what he’d just said, what it cost him to hand it over...
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Forum: O‘ahu
09-05-2025, 08:52 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 65,553
She didn’t say anything at first.
Just...
She didn’t say anything at first.
Just traced the edge of the CD case with her thumb like it might tell her something he hadn’t already said.
“Better Off.”
God, the titles he gave things....
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Forum: O‘ahu
09-05-2025, 08:05 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 65,553
Leighton didn’t smile at first.
Didn’t tease...
Leighton didn’t smile at first.
Didn’t tease him. Didn’t reach for the joint or roll her eyes at the Dashboard Confessional mention—even though normally, she would’ve. Normally, she’d have...
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Forum: O‘ahu
09-05-2025, 07:12 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 65,553
Leighton didn’t flinch.
Not when he touched...
Leighton didn’t flinch.
Not when he touched her knee.
Not when he said her name like that—soft, reverent, like it meant more in his mouth than it ever had in hers.
She just sat there, thumb...
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Forum: O‘ahu
09-05-2025, 06:41 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 65,553
Leighton didn’t move at first.
Didn’t speak....
Leighton didn’t move at first.
Didn’t speak.
Didn’t look at the sketchpad in her lap.
She just sat there, her fingertips brushing lightly over the edge of the cover, like if she pressed too...
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Forum: O‘ahu
09-05-2025, 05:59 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 65,553
Leighton didn’t take her eyes off him.
...
Leighton didn’t take her eyes off him.
Didn’t blink. Didn’t fill the silence. Didn’t soften it.
She just sat up beside him—knees drawn up, bare feet tucked beneath her—and let the weight of...
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Forum: O‘ahu
09-05-2025, 02:31 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 65,553
Leighton didn’t push.
She could’ve—God knows...
Leighton didn’t push.
She could’ve—God knows she had that streak in her, the one that shoved at locked doors just to prove they weren’t as sturdy as people thought. But this? This wasn’t a lock....
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Forum: O‘ahu
09-05-2025, 12:11 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 65,553
Leighton shifted just enough to see him, her...
Leighton shifted just enough to see him, her cheek still against his chest, fingers tugging lightly at the hem of his shirt like she was holding him in place. His heart was a drum under her...
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Forum: O‘ahu
09-05-2025, 09:39 AM
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Replies: 38
Views: 65,553
Leighton lifted her head from his chest, slow,...
Leighton lifted her head from his chest, slow, steady, because she had to look at him. Had to see the face behind words like that. And when she did, it hit her—how bare he was letting himself be. How...
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Forum: O‘ahu
09-04-2025, 10:42 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 65,553
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Forum: O‘ahu
09-04-2025, 09:05 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 65,553
Leighton didn’t rush to answer.
Didn’t fill...
Leighton didn’t rush to answer.
Didn’t fill the silence with some throwaway joke or a deflection. Not this time. Not when he was looking at her like that. Not when his hand was still warm around...
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Forum: O‘ahu
09-04-2025, 07:11 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 65,553
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Forum: O‘ahu
09-04-2025, 12:05 AM
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Replies: 38
Views: 65,553
Leighton...
Leighton (https://i.ibb.co/3m1wvKLN/850-EF302-8-B47-4-C5-C-900-E-BD4-F282-FA459.png) hadn’t expected him to let her in like this.
Not just into the house — though even that had felt monumental,...
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Forum: O‘ahu
06-20-2025, 08:42 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 23,768
Leighton didn’t say anything at first.
...
Leighton didn’t say anything at first.
Didn’t laugh. Didn’t tease. Didn’t ruin it with a joke about the farmers’ market chicken talent show (even though, yeah, she’d thought of one).
She just...
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Forum: O‘ahu
06-19-2025, 10:58 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 23,768
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Forum: O‘ahu
06-19-2025, 08:21 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 23,768
Leighton didn’t move, either.
Didn’t crack a...
Leighton didn’t move, either.
Didn’t crack a joke. Didn’t pull away. Didn’t try to downplay the way her chest felt like it was splitting open and sewing itself back together all at once.
She...
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