A JakexMC Romance - Duskwood Fanfiction
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Manon Corvin, a tenacious fighter and survivor, moves to Duskwood to rescue her friends and the man she's falling for, Jake. As Jake and Manon confront their inner and outer demons, their intertwining desi...
A/N: Monday. A new week dawns, it's all systems go as Jessy discovers something important. A trip to follow up on a lead and some other things that would spoil everything if I were to mention them!
It's all plot with a tiny bit of romance but it's a blip
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"Carolina stains on the dress she left Indelible scars, pivotal marks Blue as the life she fled Carolina pines, won't you cover me? Hide me like robes, down the back road Muddy these webs we weave
And you didn't see me here Oh, they never did see me here And she's in my dreams
Into the mist, into the clouds Don't leave I make a fist, I make it count And there are places I will never, ever go And things that only Carolina will ever know
And you didn't see me here They never did see me here No, you didn't see me here
They never saw me"
Carolina – Taylor Swift
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Manon
The day had started out normally enough. She'd slept until her alarm rudely interrupted the dream she'd been having, a pleasant one for a change. She had realized upon waking that no nightmares had plagued her since meeting Jake. Maybe tiring herself out every night with him had made her mind too exhausted to terrorize her. He'd still been asleep as she'd taken her shower and gotten ready, too lazy to bother drying her hair, so she'd braided it back in two Dutch braids and left it at that. Black jeans and a long-sleeved top finished her look, and she padded out of the bathroom to find Jake stretching. She took a moment to enjoy the view, the delicious play of muscle under the skin she knew felt like velvet beneath her fingertips. Every inch of him was beautiful, and she appreciated the show, smirking when he caught her.
"Don't look at me like that, or we'll never leave this room." He teased, and she smiled.
"That's my plan, Jake. You'd do well to follow it." She danced over to him as he pulled on a pair of jogging pants and kissed his cheek when he looked at her, an indulgent look in his eyes.
"Is that how this works?" He chuckled and pulled her against him. As always, the tension between them was so high it felt like static in the air, and she was surprised it didn't shock her. She was just about to act on it when a tentative knock on the bedroom door shattered the hold it had on them.
