Aestraya/Wild Hybrid

"I can't."

She pauses against the hold on her shoulders, and he can feel her eyes roaming his face. She must have found whatever she was looking for, because she soon is pushing against his hands to continue leaning in toward him.

"Rose," he wards, pressing his back harder into the tree to increase the sparse distance between them. "I can't."

"Then don't; I'll do it for you," she states plainly, like it's an obvious solution. It's so gutsy that he falters for a decisive moment, and regrettably, she has her way. Her mouth is on his, and he inhales sharply to try to steel his resolve and keep still to avoid giving her what her wants.

Bad idea. Her scent fills his head, at once so familiar as the little girl he'd watched grow up, yet so different as the woman she's blossomed into. He swallows hard, trying to block out the fluctuating pheromones.

He's so focused on it that he doesn't fight it when her fingers wiggle beneath one of his hands, lifting it from her shoulder and placing it firmly against her chest, directly over her heart that's beating so much faster than her bravado hinted. The vibration of it against his hand has him unconsciously relaxing as he realizes he'd been too distracted to hear it.

A heart that's beating just for him right now. No one else. A heart that has grown and hardened to not waver in any of her endeavors. The sheer force of her unquestioning will heats his face.

He's responding before he even notices, but all too late as she slowly pulls away from him.

She's smirking down at him. He can feel it. A big, smug thing that says everything for her. Her chest rises and falls under his hand, telling of her intentions clearly as it steadies with her victory.

She plants herself in his lap and descends on his mouth with more gusto before he can even think to protest again.

She's partly a monster of his own making, and one he can't win against.

I need people to understand that, yes, what RFK jr. said about autism yesterday was absolute and utter bullshit...

However, what folks ALSO need to understand is this: even those points which he was correct about - that there really are folks who have such profound disabilities that "They'll never pay taxes, they'll never hold a job, they'll never play baseball, they'll never write a poem, they'll never go out on a date. Many of them will never use a toilet unassisted," - that those individuals are STILL PEOPLE WITH WORTH AND WHO DESERVE HUMAN RIGHTS AND RESPECT.

Human beings do not need to be useful or productive to deserve human rights. To say otherwise is pure eugenics. Full fucking stop.

Right now, you can submit a comment for consideration on the proposed changes to US Passport law that will include requiring a change from "Gender" to "Sex" on all passports and require that people identify with their sex assigned at birth.

THIS IS THE LAW THAT WOULD BAN TRANS PEOPLE FROM UPDATING THEIR IDENTIFICATION

Please take a moment to click through and submit a comment. This kind of thing is fast, easy, and is one of the many ways to show your support of the trans community to the people that need to know how many of us there are.

This is an excellent low effort way to make a clear statement to the government that you do NOT support the unnecessary and expensive process of changing everyone's passport just so that a tiny population that has done no measurable harm to society can feel afraid.

Imagine spending all your energy being cool and mysterious 24/7.

What an idiot have I mentioned I love him?

"I will try to make amends

For making you means to an end

So, look my way