she lay with her head pressed against his chest. her hair sprawled to the left, spread out like thick strands of rope, displayed across his shoulders. he began to pull his arms tighter around, and she shook.
she said "no, no, no" and he said, "what?"
she attempted to pull herself up, but he had kept his arms in position.
"what's wrong?" he said, with a degree of genuine concern.
she took in his scent, and decided - "this is the safest place in the word, and this can't be the safest place in the world, and it can't be, because you're going to hurt me, and then this won't exist anymore, and then i'll be devastated, when i lose the safest place in the world, so no."
"i'm not gonna hurt you?" he says.
"no, you will." her voice got frantic. "you won't want to, but you will, and you won't mean to, but you will, and i might, because we're all human, and people fuck shit up. it's just what happens, so no. no safe places in the world."
she said "no, no, no" and he said, "what?"
she attempted to pull herself up, but he had kept his arms in position.
"what's wrong?" he said, with a degree of genuine concern.
she took in his scent, and decided - "this is the safest place in the word, and this can't be the safest place in the world, and it can't be, because you're going to hurt me, and then this won't exist anymore, and then i'll be devastated, when i lose the safest place in the world, so no."
"i'm not gonna hurt you?" he says.
"no, you will." her voice got frantic. "you won't want to, but you will, and you won't mean to, but you will, and i might, because we're all human, and people fuck shit up. it's just what happens, so no. no safe places in the world."
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