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* * used for action
❄ used for being cold
💬 used for texting
📞 used for calling
CAPITAL LETTERS for shouting
Vienna Edens (fl)
Could I get another . . .
Vienna Edens (fl)
{Pops had told me that this bar was where the locals hung out.}
Vienna Edens (fl)
{Not only was it within walking distance of my new house in case I decided not to drive, but I was a local now}
Willie {bartender}
*gave her drink*
Vienna Edens (fl)
*smiled and rattled the ice in her glass*
Vienna Edens (fl)
*about to leave*
A deep, rugged voice caressed the room.
Willie {bartender}
*nodded* Elijah
Vienna Edens (fl)
{So he was Willie. And he could speak}
Willie {bartender}
Usual? *asked Elijah*
Elijah Andersen (ml)
*pulled out the stool two down from Vienna*
Vienna Edens (fl)
*looking at Elijah* {He was the type of man who turned a woman’s head.}
Vienna Edens (fl)
{One glimpse at his profile and the cocktail in front of me was unnecessary. Instead, I drank this man in head to toe.}
Vienna Edens (fl)
{Even seated, I could tell his legs were long, his thighs thick like the evergreen tree trunks from the forests outside of town}
Vienna Edens (fl)
{One of my mom’s favorite movies had been Legends of the Fall. She’d let me watch it at sixteen and we’d cried together}
Vienna Edens (fl)
{She’d always swooned over Brad Pitt as a sexy cowboy}
Whenever Vienna missed her, she'd put it on. The DVD was scratched and the clasp on the case was broken because she'd watched that movie countless times simply because it had been hers.
Vienna Edens (fl)
{If she could see Griffin, she’d be drooling too}
Vienna Edens (fl)
{Though he was missing the hat and the horse, this guy was every cowboy fantasy come to life}
Vienna Edens (fl)
*turn her head & sipped her drink*
Elijah Andersen (ml)
*piercing eyes at Vienna*
Vienna Edens (fl)
*breath hitched*
Elijah Andersen (ml)
*gulped his drink*
Elijah took a single swallow of his drink, his Adam’s apple bobbing. Then his attention was on Vienna once more.
Elijah Andersen (ml)
*eyes twinkled* Hi
Vienna Edens (fl)
I’m Vinn
Vienna Edens (fl)
*held out a hand over the space between them*
Elijah Andersen (ml)
Elijah *shook hand*
Vienna Edens (fl)
*shiver rolled down her spine*
Vienna Edens (fl)
{Holy hell}
Elijah Andersen (ml)
Where are you from?
Elijah Andersen (ml)
*nodded* I went to college at Montana State.
Vienna Edens (fl)
Go Bobcats
Vienna Edens (fl)
*lifted my drink in a salute*
Elijah Andersen (ml)
*returned the gesture*
Vienna Edens (fl)
{if he was at Willie’s . . . a local}
Vienna Edens (fl)
{Local meant off-limits. Damn}
Vienna Edens (fl)
*disappointment and gulped her drink*
Elijah Andersen (ml)
*moved to take the seat beside Vienna*
Elijah Andersen (ml)
*sit close to Vienna*
Elijah Andersen (ml)
Vinn. I like that name
Vienna Edens (fl)
{My full name was Vienna but very few people ever called me anything other than vinn or vinnie}
Vienna Edens (fl)
Are they related?
Vienna Edens (fl)
*pointed toward Willie and the man who look exactly like Willie*
Elijah Andersen (ml)
Willie Senior is on our side of the bar. His son is mixing drinks
Vienna Edens (fl)
Father and son. Huh. I thought twins
Vienna Edens (fl)
Does Willie Senior have the same glowing personality as Willie junior?
Elijah Andersen (ml)
*chuckled* It’s worse
Elijah Andersen (ml)
Every time I come through town, he gets crankier
Vienna Edens (fl)
{Wait. Did that mean . . . }
Vienna Edens (fl)
You don’t live in town?
Elijah Andersen (ml)
*shook his head*No
Vienna Edens (fl)
*hiding her smile*
Vienna Edens (fl)
{So he wasn’t a local. Which meant flirting was harmless. Bless you}
Vienna Edens (fl)
{A hundred personal questions raced through my mind, but I dismissed them all}
Vienna Edens (fl)
{But I still wasn’t going to bombard this man with questions}
Vienna Edens (fl)
{He didn’t live here, and I’d save my questions for the people who did: my constituents.}
Elijah Andersen (ml)
Want to play a game?
Vienna Edens (fl)
Um . . . sure? I’ve never played before
Elijah Andersen (ml)
It’s easy
Elijah Andersen (ml)
Okay, Vinn. Loser buys the next round of drinks
Vienna Edens (fl)
{Good thing I had cash}
Elijah spent the next ten minutes explaining the rules and demonstrating
Then They played, game after game. After one more round
Vienna Edens (fl)
{I hadn’t had this much fun openly flirting with a man in, well . . . ever}
Vienna won some games & lost most. And when Willie finally announced that he was closing at one, the two of them walked outside to the darkened parking lot.
Vienna Edens (fl)
That was fun
Elijah Andersen (ml)
It was
Vienna Edens (fl)
{I slowed my steps because the last place I wanted to go was home alone}
Vienna Edens (fl)
{He must have had the same idea because his boots stopped on the pavement He inched closer}
Vienna Edens (fl)
{Vienna Edens didn’t have one-night stands. I’d been too busy wasting years on the wrong man}
Vienna Edens (fl)
{Elijah wasn’t the right man either, but I’d learned in my time as a cop that sometimes it wasn’t about choosing right from wrong}
Vienna Edens (fl)
{It was choosing the right wrongs.}
Vienna Edens (fl)
{Elijah. Tonight, I chose Elijah}
Vienna Edens (fl)
*closed the distance between them and stood on her toes*
Vienna Edens (fl)
*lifted a hand to his neck*
Vienna Edens (fl)
*pulling him down until his mouth hovered over her.*
Vienna Edens (fl)
Is that your car?
Vienna Edens (fl)
*flinging the covers off her ***** body and racing for the bathroom*
𝙃𝙤𝙥𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙖𝙡𝙨𝙤 𝙨𝙪𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 story♥
Comments
moonxstar
girl why are you copying indigo ridge
2023-05-05
0
R✳️
sureeee
2022-09-30
1
R✳️
yeah😁🤗
2022-09-30
3