One step closer to the edge... [rp for gunpowder_eyes]
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He should not feel nervous about this...and yet he did.
Parking in front of the address Cadence had given him, Claude ducked out of the car and walked towards the building with deliberately slow steps, scolding himself for getting this crazy about a single stupid chick. Only this wasn't a single stupid chick, this was the girl that got him off like no woman ever had. This was CJ, who wanted to be a vet and could beat his ass nine ways from Sunday and somehow managed to keep his interest without even trying...
This was the girl that made him feel like a complete person. Without Kyle.
He knew enough about her to be interested, but not enough to be satisfied, and he liked it. That's why this felt like such a big deal, not only meeting her dogs but going to her place. Everything about her reminded him of a wild animal, a she-wolf or a lioness, and the privilege of being allowed into her territory, her inner sanctum....
This was a big deal. Claude didn't do big deal situations with women. Still, there he was at her door, knocking and waiting and hearing the distant sound of dogs bounding towards the front door.
In a relationship, taking a step he couldn't even see. And he was nervous as hell about it.
He should not feel nervous about this...and yet he did.
Parking in front of the address Cadence had given him, Claude ducked out of the car and walked towards the building with deliberately slow steps, scolding himself for getting this crazy about a single stupid chick. Only this wasn't a single stupid chick, this was the girl that got him off like no woman ever had. This was CJ, who wanted to be a vet and could beat his ass nine ways from Sunday and somehow managed to keep his interest without even trying...
This was the girl that made him feel like a complete person. Without Kyle.
He knew enough about her to be interested, but not enough to be satisfied, and he liked it. That's why this felt like such a big deal, not only meeting her dogs but going to her place. Everything about her reminded him of a wild animal, a she-wolf or a lioness, and the privilege of being allowed into her territory, her inner sanctum....
This was a big deal. Claude didn't do big deal situations with women. Still, there he was at her door, knocking and waiting and hearing the distant sound of dogs bounding towards the front door.
In a relationship, taking a step he couldn't even see. And he was nervous as hell about it.