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Her adorable indignation makes me smile. "No, don't, please," I implore, reaching out to trap her hand as she pulls away.

She regards our stacked hands on the tabletop and flips her palm up to meet mine. Sliding the smooth pads of her fingertips along my hand, she reminds me exactly how her touch affects me, and how grateful I was for the plastic cloak that shrouded my response at the shampoo sink.

She curls her fingertips around the tender pads of flesh that separate my fingers and we sit and grin at each other like two big, happy goofballs.


A/N: Ahhhh. Happy goofballs holding hands. :)

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XXX ~BOH