I think this, THIS, is my favourite chapter, babe. You do asshole!Cook (self-destructive, self-doubting, Don't Stand So Close To Me English prof Cook) so believably, and the angst is SO BEAUTIFUL. I never fail to get turned on by Cook's brain (you know I found your Librarian!Cook the hottest thing), and angry professor!Cook is smouldering hot:
"Stay," he says, fiercely, against David's neck. The word slips out like betrayal.
David's skin blazes at the contact, burns Cook's lips. Cook bites his shoulder, hard enough to bruise, to leave his brand again, and doesn't have to repeat himself.
FANNING SELF, GOSH. Um, ever considered writing BDSM?
So, Cook doesn't really see Archie as a separate being, until Archie is gone, not showing up for class, and then he sees him by sneaking around in his apartment, and then has to call him; and then, this?
Cook lets out a breath he hadn't realized he'd been holding, grips his cell a little tighter. "Hey," he says, swallows hard. "I - it's really good to hear your voice."
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"Stay," he says, fiercely, against David's neck. The word slips out like betrayal.
David's skin blazes at the contact, burns Cook's lips. Cook bites his shoulder, hard enough to bruise, to leave his brand again, and doesn't have to repeat himself.
FANNING SELF, GOSH. Um, ever considered writing BDSM?
So, Cook doesn't really see Archie as a separate being, until Archie is gone, not showing up for class, and then he sees him by sneaking around in his apartment, and then has to call him; and then, this?
Cook lets out a breath he hadn't realized he'd been holding, grips his cell a little tighter. "Hey," he says, swallows hard. "I - it's really good to hear your voice."
KILLER. BEST LAST LINE EVER, OMG.