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A/N: Written for Challenge #248 ~ Past Prompts Revisited: #042 ~ It Hurts at slashthedrabble

A/N2: Why – why must the muse insist on making an appearance during the exams? Uh, anyway, if you like/dislike this drabble, miss/do not miss my GG fics and/or drabbles, do let me know by reviewing! Cheers.

A/N3: Ooh, just an aside, but this is my 100th fic to date (including two fics I don't post here)! Woot!


It was another long, slow night as they loved under cover of darkness, under pretensions of privacy. They ignored the clicks of their heels against the floor as they pressed together, the strange loudness of an empty night as their hearts pounded painfully and the shaky sighs that escaped their lips as skin finally met skin. Their fingers were unsteady as they traced terrains that should by now be familiar, as they smoothed over curves and dipped over planes. Their eyes held in that moment as they became one, as warmth turned into heat and time stood still for just the two of them. The roar of reality in their ears as they sagged against each other was deafening, telling and it should be shocking.

"We shouldn't be doing this," Blair whispered, her face buried in Serena's shoulder and her breaths unevenly hitting Serena's skin with every word she spoke.

Serena swallowed thickly. They had had this conversation before and her response had always been the same. "I know," Serena replied, her arms tightening around Blair. Why?

"I should be getting back."

"You should." Stay.

"Chuck would be worried."

"I'm sure he would be." Leave him.

"I'm serious, Serena."

"So am I, B." Can't you see I love you?

"We really should stop doing this," Blair repeated, pushing away from Serena (and that was how Serena knew their time together had come to an end – at least until the next time they met in another frenzy of yearning).

"Yeah," Serena said softly, turning away as Blair lingered but a moment (and Serena hoped once more that this would finally be when Blair truly became hers, not just a stolen sensation, not just a brief dream).

"Goodbye, S."

Serena waited until the door was shut before allowing her tears to fall.