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“Fuck them. They got an issue with it, they can take it up with me.”

“Oh, my hero.”

I giggled and shook my head as Clint finally got himself out of the car. I wrapped my arm around his waist, feeling him inch his arm around my neck. I liked having him there. Wrapped around me. Claiming me in front of the entire school. However, I also felt him leaning against me a bit too much.

Which meant he was already tired from the moving he had to do.

“Come on, Brick. Let’s get you to homeroom.”

He chuckled. “I don’t know if I’ll get used to that kind of a nickname.”

I shrugged. “Kinda suits you, though. With how big you are.”

“You calling me fat, sweet cheeks?”

I grinned. “Maybe just a little.”

“That’s what happens when you’re bedridden, I guess.”

“Don’t worry, I’ll whip you right back into shape.”

He growled softly. “That a promise, beautiful?”

And as I gazed up into

his eyes, the world faded away for a split second.

“That’s a definite promise, handsome.”

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Clinton

All morning, I’d been appreh