Song of Solomon
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The memory of Shane’s face the first time he had entered him has been permanently tattooed on his brain for years. There have been very few nights where the image of Shane arching back with his eyes closed in bliss has not haunted him, so many times that he knows it as well as his own. But this Shane, the one underneath him right this very moment, is going to be his undoing. It’s the same mouth open around a soundless cry, the same eyelashes fanning over freckled cheeks, the same shock of black hair against a pillow, but the expression is peaceful in a way that Ilya has never seen.
In comparison, Ilya is unraveling. He can feel every cell of his body vibrating on a frequency that threatens to dissolve him into an entirely different state of matter. Here, inside Shane with nothing between them, he is going to split apart and be made new, something beyond flesh.
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Missing scene from the Tampa Bay hotel room.
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- Part 1 of Song of Solomon
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“So you learned all about the stars?”
Shane hums an affirmative. “Not all of it. Just the basic stuff. The Big Dipper, Orion, that sort of thing. I always looked for the North Star any time I was outside at night.”
“I used to do that too,” Ilya murmurs. “We call it something different, but I know the one. Funny to think we have always looked for the same star.” Shane looks up at him with suspiciously shining eyes. God, that face. No wonder he has always been defenseless against him.
“That’s a nice thought,” Shane says softly. He takes one of Ilya’s hands and lays it palm up, tracing the lines with his fingers. Love line, life line, fate line, he hears his grandmother’s voice again. He has crossed every line Ilya has ever had.
___Stargazing at the cottage. Shane is full of surprises.
(Sequel to honey and milk are under your tongue, can be read as a standalone)
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- Part 2 of Song of Solomon