[hr][hr][center][h1][color=#006400]Caden[/color][/h1]
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[b][color=#006400]Location:[/color][/b] Backroom at Osiris Oasis – Chicago, IL
[b][color=#006400]Skills:[/color][/b] [/center]
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I look up and signal the bartender. They nod, and I stand, with Nero still wrapped around me and walk into a back hallway. A door opens in the wall, seemingly by itself, and I walk inside with Nero. The music of the club dims. The lights in the room we are in brighten slightly, but the mood remains quiet and intimate.

I sit down on a couch and start to pull Nero’s hair from their confines. [color=#006400]”There is absolutely nothing wrong with you,”[/color] I say. [color=#006400]”You are exceptional. You are gorgeous, you are compassionate, you are fierce, and I am highly attracted to you. Whatever you are going through, whatever is being brought to the surface, let it come. We will weather this storm together.”[/color]

[hr][hr][center][h1][color=#B0C4DE]Avery Zain[/color][/h1]
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[b][color=#B0C4DE]Location:[/color][/b] Walking – Chicago, IL 
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I frown when she pushes past me. Was she not making fun of me? I watch Kimiko walk ahead, letting a gap form between us before I start walking. I keep an eye on her and our surroundings but we come across nothing on the walk back to the vehicle.

I unlock the doors when Kimiko gets to the SUV so she can get in before me. I climb into the driver's seat and start the car. I turn the radio to a rock station and turn it up to prevent conversation on the drive home.

[hr][hr][center][h1][color=#DB7093]Cassiopeia Claire Alistair[/color][/h1]
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[b][color=#DB7093]Location:[/color][/b] Mystic Dreams —> Walking Home – Chicago, IL 
[b][color=#DB7093]Skills:[/color][/b] [/center]
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I hum to myself as I walk, listening to the wind through the trees respond to my tone. I always loved the late-night walks through the park towards my house. My phone chimes and I open up the message. I stumble as I walk and stare at the photo. I’m caught between wanting to laugh and wanting to swoon.

I understood Nic to be charming and outgoing, but I didn’t think him to be quite so bold. A shirtless, after-shower selfie only after the first date? My word.

[color=#DB7093]”Wayland, your father is a right shameless tease,”[/color] I inform the cat. 

[color=#DB7093][i]Well, I’m certainly glad he convinced me.[/i][/color] My head already spins on how I can get him back for this.