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my wrist still trapped in his firm grip. Those ice blue

as we gazed at each other felt like an et

d fell away, and he blinked, confusion replac

grudge voice, accented i

ide the tremble in my voice. "You were

should have been but somehow wasn't anymore

ing through the spot I was staring at, his

his eyes, concentrati

ed, though part of me

d open and there was a quie

r anything?" I blurt out, feel

movement hurt. His hand went back to his temp

don't remember my name." He mutters, h

g. Okay. Okay. Amnesia. That's a thing

ago, nevermind the impossible strength in the

ll beyond

hospital," I said, reach

immediate. He stood up and I instin

onable even though nothing about this was reasonable. "

s strange clothes, and seemed to realize how that sounded

e me feel uneasy, he either hated hospit

go...I glanced toward the window across the room. The snow was f

tting nowh

r more worried. "Can you at least tell me if a

his limbs experimentally, pressing his ha

ssed in his expression. "It should, shouldn't it?

uld be

o be asked about dark and hunky over here but I was trying

n the air. "No hospital, but you are covered in blood and your clothes are soaked

und my apartment like he was

ombo that I manage to afford with my job and help from

ck blanket draped the couch, my laptop on the coffee

posed to be but now, there was a bleeding stranger-excep

l find you some clean clothes. We're about the same he

ess. He was tall, maybe six-two to my five-eleven,

lk," he sa

suddenly felt with him in it. How his presence seemed to fi

et and set it on the counter. "Take your ti

sink, then the light switch, with this kind of c

something flickered across h

ietly. "For helping me

ot like I could have left you in th

t still hammering. I looked down at my hands that were

ea. My parents, except that would be an utter disaster.

g more of an effo

when he'd said he didn't know his name. The obvious

ant to protect th