The Twilight Twenty-Five
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Prompt: 20
Pen name: naelany
Pairing: Jasper/Bella
Rating: T
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Stolen

For weeks, it’s been the same pattern: stolen glances, knowing smiles, fleeting touches in passing.

Nothing changes.

Every day, I long for him. Every night, I dream.

I want him – crave him.

He knows it, too. I think.

Another party.

I resign myself to never fulfilling that need and just get drunk.

The evening wears on.

Refilling my beer, I freeze.

Heat radiates my body.

My breath hitches as I feel his breath fan across my neck at his whisper. “Finally you’re alone…”

I turn, confused.

Taking my hand, he lifts it to his lips, murmuring, “What’s your name, darlin’?”