Their eyes locked for a moment. He forgot to breathe. Was that - was that approval? Consent? Something about that look was so winsome that he was at a loss for any reply but a slow blink of his own cerulean gaze. And then, as a feather upon the breeze, it dissipated.
"Shit pile?" Embry blurted, incredulous. How elastic, and... fun. "No, no, I take it back! I was just doing my job."
They do, I swear, just ask Dalia. He raised a brow at this, but there was not a hint of doubt on his chestnut features. That's when the challenge was proposed; yet another system of bartering between them. How could he refuse? Look where it had already led him.
"You know, what?" he laughed, shaking his head. "It's worth it. You first, Queen of the beach."
"Shit pile?" Embry blurted, incredulous. How elastic, and... fun. "No, no, I take it back! I was just doing my job."
They do, I swear, just ask Dalia. He raised a brow at this, but there was not a hint of doubt on his chestnut features. That's when the challenge was proposed; yet another system of bartering between them. How could he refuse? Look where it had already led him.
"You know, what?" he laughed, shaking his head. "It's worth it. You first, Queen of the beach."
ϟ
I stopped an old man along the way,
hoping to find some long forgotten words or ancient melodies.
He turned to me as if to say, "Hurry boy, it's waiting there for you".
I stopped an old man along the way,
hoping to find some long forgotten words or ancient melodies.
He turned to me as if to say, "Hurry boy, it's waiting there for you".
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saltwater running through my veins - by Embry - January 03, 2019, 09:29 PM
RE: saltwater running through my veins - by Saucy - January 03, 2019, 09:53 PM
RE: saltwater running through my veins - by Embry - January 04, 2019, 01:30 AM
RE: saltwater running through my veins - by Saucy - January 04, 2019, 10:05 PM
RE: saltwater running through my veins - by Embry - January 04, 2019, 10:40 PM
RE: saltwater running through my veins - by Saucy - January 05, 2019, 07:56 AM
RE: saltwater running through my veins - by Embry - January 05, 2019, 09:30 PM
RE: saltwater running through my veins - by Saucy - January 05, 2019, 10:45 PM
RE: saltwater running through my veins - by Embry - January 05, 2019, 11:28 PM
RE: saltwater running through my veins - by Saucy - January 06, 2019, 12:31 AM
RE: saltwater running through my veins - by Embry - January 06, 2019, 12:50 AM
RE: saltwater running through my veins - by Saucy - January 06, 2019, 01:04 AM
RE: saltwater running through my veins - by Embry - January 06, 2019, 01:35 AM
RE: saltwater running through my veins - by Saucy - January 06, 2019, 01:43 AM
RE: saltwater running through my veins - by Embry - January 06, 2019, 01:51 AM
RE: saltwater running through my veins - by Saucy - January 06, 2019, 02:01 AM
RE: saltwater running through my veins - by Embry - January 06, 2019, 02:31 AM
RE: saltwater running through my veins - by Saucy - January 06, 2019, 01:04 PM
RE: saltwater running through my veins - by Embry - January 06, 2019, 04:03 PM
RE: saltwater running through my veins - by Saucy - January 07, 2019, 07:51 AM
RE: saltwater running through my veins - by Embry - January 07, 2019, 11:32 AM
RE: saltwater running through my veins - by Saucy - January 07, 2019, 12:06 PM
RE: saltwater running through my veins - by Embry - January 07, 2019, 12:47 PM
RE: saltwater running through my veins - by Saucy - January 07, 2019, 01:57 PM
RE: saltwater running through my veins - by Embry - January 07, 2019, 02:16 PM
RE: saltwater running through my veins - by Saucy - January 07, 2019, 03:01 PM
RE: saltwater running through my veins - by Embry - January 07, 2019, 03:34 PM
RE: saltwater running through my veins - by Saucy - January 07, 2019, 04:20 PM
RE: saltwater running through my veins - by Embry - January 07, 2019, 06:03 PM
RE: saltwater running through my veins - by Saucy - January 07, 2019, 06:26 PM
RE: saltwater running through my veins - by Embry - January 07, 2019, 06:51 PM
RE: saltwater running through my veins - by Saucy - January 08, 2019, 08:26 AM
RE: saltwater running through my veins - by Embry - January 08, 2019, 01:40 PM