Forum: Sunset Junction
Yesterday, 11:09 AM
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Cleo laughed softly when he immediately...
Cleo laughed softly when he immediately volunteered himself for labor. There was something endearing about the fact that he’d already assigned himself responsibilities before the baby was even the...
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Forum: Sunset Junction
06-12-2026, 02:34 PM
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Cleo listened to him talk and felt something...
Cleo listened to him talk and felt something inside her settle a little more with every word. Not because he was fixing anything—there wasn’t anything to fix—but because he understood the strange...
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Forum: Sunset Junction
06-11-2026, 03:29 AM
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Cleo didn’t answer right away.
Not because...
Cleo didn’t answer right away.
Not because she was ignoring him.
Because she was still staring at the picture.
Her thumb traced carefully along the white border for what had to be the...
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Forum: Sunset Junction
06-10-2026, 06:16 PM
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HomeState had been Ben’s idea.
The second...
HomeState had been Ben’s idea.
The second they left the doctor’s office and stepped into the bright Los Angeles afternoon, he’d taken one look at her and decided she needed food. Cleo vaguely...
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Forum: Sunset Junction
05-22-2026, 08:33 AM
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Replies: 49
Views: 27,854
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Forum: Sunset Junction
05-22-2026, 02:40 AM
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Replies: 49
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Forum: Sunset Junction
05-20-2026, 07:32 PM
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Replies: 49
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Cleo climbed onto the stool at the kitchen...
Cleo climbed onto the stool at the kitchen counter and tucked her feet beneath her, her fingers curling around the edge of the cool stone as she watched Ben move through the narrow space.
He was...
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Forum: Sunset Junction
05-19-2026, 10:12 PM
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Replies: 49
Views: 27,854
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Forum: Sunset Junction
05-17-2026, 07:38 PM
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Replies: 49
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His laughter vibrated through her before the...
His laughter vibrated through her before the words did.
Cleo felt it in the solid warmth of his chest, in the way his hands found her waist and then softened almost immediately, as if some...
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Forum: Sunset Junction
05-16-2026, 08:41 PM
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Replies: 49
Views: 27,854
The first thing Cleo felt was the force of his...
The first thing Cleo felt was the force of his panic.
It came into the bathroom ahead of him—his voice rough and too sharp, his footsteps hitting the old floorboards hard enough that she could...
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Forum: Sunset Junction
05-15-2026, 06:33 PM
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Replies: 49
Views: 27,854
Cleo had told herself she was not going to do...
Cleo had told herself she was not going to do this today.
That had been the plan when she woke up with the same low, fluttering sensation in her stomach she had spent the last three mornings...
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Forum: Far From Fame
03-06-2026, 11:37 AM
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Replies: 98
Views: 5,502
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Forum: Far From Fame
03-05-2026, 11:30 PM
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Replies: 98
Views: 5,502
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Forum: Far From Fame
03-05-2026, 10:32 PM
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Replies: 98
Views: 5,502
The world outside the heavy drapes—the frozen...
The world outside the heavy drapes—the frozen moss, the jagged lava rocks, and the biting Icelandic wind—ceased to exist. The only reality was the white-hot friction of Ben’s skin against hers and...
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Forum: Far From Fame
03-05-2026, 09:41 PM
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Replies: 98
Views: 5,502
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Forum: Far From Fame
03-05-2026, 08:00 PM
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Replies: 98
Views: 5,502
Cleo felt the shift in him the moment it...
Cleo felt the shift in him the moment it happened.
It wasn’t sudden or reckless—it was steadier than that. The teasing edge that had carried them through the boardwalk and the elevator softened...
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Forum: Far From Fame
03-05-2026, 06:13 PM
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Replies: 98
Views: 5,502
Cleo didn’t answer him immediately.
She let...
Cleo didn’t answer him immediately.
She let the quiet breathe for a moment instead.
The room had settled around them in that soft, insulated way expensive hotels always seemed to manage—warm...
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Forum: Far From Fame
03-05-2026, 03:59 PM
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Replies: 98
Views: 5,502
Cleo didn’t answer him right away.
She just...
Cleo didn’t answer him right away.
She just watched him for a second—the way he leaned against the wall like he was pretending to be relaxed while clearly vibrating with energy, the crooked grin...
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Forum: Far From Fame
03-05-2026, 06:48 AM
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Replies: 98
Views: 5,502
The elevator hummed quietly as it climbed, the...
The elevator hummed quietly as it climbed, the soft mechanical sound filling the small space between floors. Warm light glowed overhead, reflecting faintly off the brushed metal walls. Outside the...
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Forum: Far From Fame
03-04-2026, 10:14 PM
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Replies: 98
Views: 5,502
Cleo heard him coming before he caught up.
...
Cleo heard him coming before he caught up.
Not because he was loud—Ben rarely was—but because there was something unmistakable about the energy he carried when he was trying very hard to look like...
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Forum: Far From Fame
03-04-2026, 09:20 PM
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Replies: 98
Views: 5,502
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Forum: Far From Fame
03-04-2026, 04:52 PM
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Replies: 98
Views: 5,502
Cleo listened to him with that same slow,...
Cleo listened to him with that same slow, thoughtful expression she got whenever Ben started explaining something that was very obviously nonsense but delivered with such sincere conviction it almost...
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Forum: Far From Fame
03-04-2026, 03:46 PM
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Replies: 98
Views: 5,502
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Forum: Far From Fame
03-04-2026, 02:31 PM
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Replies: 98
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Cleo stopped walking.
Not dramatically—just...
Cleo stopped walking.
Not dramatically—just enough that the steady creak of the wooden planks beneath their boots paused and the wind swept past them without the rhythm of their steps to interrupt...
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Forum: Far From Fame
03-04-2026, 12:17 PM
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Replies: 98
Views: 5,502
Cleo let out a quiet breath once her boots felt...
Cleo let out a quiet breath once her boots felt steady again, the tension leaving her shoulders in a slow, embarrassed exhale. She glanced down at the plank that had nearly taken her out, then back...
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