Love & Other Ephemeral Arts
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Last published Tue, Nov 21, 2017
For Hazel Dylan, the Fine Arts are more than a degree, they're a way of life, her future. And she would never let a boy get between her and her dream.
Or so she thought.
Crossing stares with the annoyingly perfect Photography student Jared Black triggers a sudden urge to portray this stranger's flawless anatomy. And at the same time a self-forbidden curiosity.
But feelings are wayward, and sometimes fighting against one's desires can make more damage than just surrendering to them.
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Nic was almost positive he had never encountered a more perfect, beautiful, inspiring stranger before this sudden walk-by. They had the sort of presence that knocked the air out of him, the words out of his mouth, and so... he never learned the name of said stranger. But when his accidental "WANTED" signs catch the notice of his peers, he's steered in the direction that's closer fit to the path his future muse leads. Kieran is... a mystery. Maybe it's his aloofness that makes him so broodingly calm. Whatever the case, Nic becomes determined to draw that idiot's face into oblivion, even if there's little chance of a romance happening between them. But sometimes showing appreciation for the person you love happens to be from afar, and with a pencil and paper in hand.
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