"Sometimes you're so Pietro it--" it hurts, Sam was going to say, but instead he kissed Oliver back, sinking into the restorative, essential feeling of being close to the man he loved.
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"Sometimes you're so Pietro it--" it hurts, Sam was going to say, but instead he kissed Oliver back, sinking into the restorative, essential feeling of being close to the man he loved.