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    It's almost lonely, this new calm in Imogen's head. Usually at the market she'd be treated to Laudna's light, musical inner dialogue about the ripeness of fruits or the bread Zhudanna might like best, but instead it's just quiet. All Imogen gets is what Laudna shows on her face, and the words she says out loud. Words like you don't have to listen in to get my thoughts. I'll always share them willingly. You can just ask.

    There's only one thing Imogen wants to ask right now. It's blaring in Imogen's mind like a temple bell, so loudly that even with the circlet she's sure Laudna must be able to hear it. And Laudna is looking at her so sweetly. Every moment they've been parted has made this all-consuming feeling worse, harder to pack away, and this could be her last chance to say it. Her only chance.

    She has to say it. She has to ask.

    "Can I kiss you?"

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    My take on The Kiss, and what comes after.

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    03 May 2024

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    On a long list of terrible ideas, Imogen reflected, this particular choice on her part really took the top spot.

    Her therapy session that week had gone well. Really well, actually. So well that when her therapist had suggested Imogen "take a small step out of her comfort zone", Imogen had seized her rare confidence and decided she’d visit a coffee shop.

    A loud coffee shop. Open to the public.

    One with other people in it, to be clear.

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    03 May 2024

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    “Wait. You don’t – what do you mean, you don’t ‘get there’?”

    “You know,” Lena blushes, stirring her cappuccino awkwardly with her pinkie. “Orgasm. I just don’t…do that.”

    “You don’t orgasm,” Sam says flatly, looking increasingly horrified. Lena starts to feel more and more self-conscious about her admission, shifting in her chair with badly-concealed discomfort.

    “No.”

    “EVER?!”

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    Lena has never had an orgasm, so Sam asks her girlfriend's little sister to give her a night to remember. The problem is, Lena isn’t gay. Right?

    Cue lots of sex, a few feelings, and a dash of panic.

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    09 Aug 2022

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    Lena is forbidden from buying a new dress for a celebration of Lex's accomplishments, but when swayed by the pettiness of taking a dress to a seamstress to have some alternations made, she gets more than she bargained for.

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    07 Aug 2022

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    “I hope you know this could probably count as breaking and entering,” Lena murmurs.

    Kara makes a light noise, shrugging her shoulders. “Doesn’t count if you keep the balcony open always for me,” she says.

    “For you? How presumptuous.”

    or Lena just really, really wants to touch those biceps.

    OR Kara keeps sleeping in Lena’s bed, much to Lena’s horror.

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    07 Aug 2022