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5 times V and Evey never kissed

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5. Of course— before Evey left, in front of Valerie's memorial.

The roses had made the air heavy with their scent, rich and dizzying. She'd been angry enough to want to hurt him; she'd been conscious enough to want to thank him.

Kissing him would have done both.

4. During the waltz of Evey's return, her breathing like the countdown of his heart. It is a terrible thing, to fall in love all over again— with the guarded curve of her jaw, the uncertain fierceness of her fingers between his, the quiet clarity in her eyes. It is that knowing, those eyes, that stop him in time.

3. Before V's fight, by his train of explosives. It was meant to be a kiss, simple as history; the mask made it just another argument lost.

2. Roses again, heartache again. Evey had been drunk on its perfume and grief too incomprehensible to be wept, and so only Valerie saw when she pressed the heart of a Scarlet Carson to her lips.

It tasted of nothing.

1. The roof of the Gallery, with Dominic, in his rain.