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[ᴄʀʏsᴛᴀʟғʀᴏsᴛ]

"Because of him?" Daemon said. "Because you're still afraid."

[assassinrue]

"Something like that, yes." Felicity refused to look at him, she really refused to look anywhere but her feet.

[ᴄʀʏsᴛᴀʟғʀᴏsᴛ]

"You think that the next guy is going to hurt you?" Daemon said. He stopped (my phone tried to correct this to stripped) and grabbed her arm, forcing her to face him. "Not all guys are like that."

[assassinrue]

(lol queue pole dancing music)

Felicity jerked back with a gasp. "I know that! But that doesn't change what happened to me!"

[ᴄʀʏsᴛᴀʟғʀᴏsᴛ]

(Bow chicka bow wow)

Daemon's face was almost frightening, even though his anger wasn't directed at her. "How will anything change if you don't give it a chance?"

[assassinrue]

Felicity jerked her arm from his grasp, her eyes fire. "Have you ever let anything change in your life?" Her voice was cold and low, pure seething anger.

[ᴄʀʏsᴛᴀʟғʀᴏsᴛ]

Daemon's own anger faded a bit to be replaced by pity. "My life is pretty stagnant, actually, but not by choice. I just don't have anything else to do."

[assassinrue]

"Then do something." Felicity hissed.

[ᴄʀʏsᴛᴀʟғʀᴏsᴛ]

Daemon stepped forward without thinking, forcing her against the nearby wall with his body. He didn't pause to consider how it would scare the crap out of her. "You want me to do something?" he said, his voice low and his face inches from hers. "Then you do something, too."

[assassinrue]

"I got out." Felicity hissed. "I'm happy where I am."

[ᴄʀʏsᴛᴀʟғʀᴏsᴛ]

"Are you?" Daemon demanded. He could feel every inch of where his body was touching hers. His forearms brushing her shoulders, his knee against the outside of her thigh. He could feel her breath and, even more clearly, the small space that hovered between them.

[assassinrue]

Felicity grabbed Daemon's faced, kissed him hard, then shoved him away and made a run for it while he was still stumbling.

[ᴄʀʏsᴛᴀʟғʀᴏsᴛ]

Daemon wasn't someone who was easily surprised, but when he caught his balance he still stood there in a daze.

[assassinrue]

Felicity got home much faster than she thought. She was horrified to think about what she did, so put on her favorite bad horror movie, grabbed a beer, and found a thousand ways to occupy her mind.

[ᴄʀʏsᴛᴀʟғʀᴏsᴛ]

Daemon shook his head, his brain still not operating properly, before straightening his jacket and then heading back toward his house. What had just happened? Once second he'd been standing there, wanting to kiss her, and then he was staggering backward. And he was pretty sure that she had kissed him. But why had she run away like that?

[assassinrue]

Once Jade returned home, boyfriend in tow, Felicity snatched her away to tell her everything that had happened. Jade hovered somewhere between excited and horrified, she knew about Paul. But she had always wanted Fel to move on.

[ᴄʀʏsᴛᴀʟғʀᴏsᴛ]

Daemon swung the apartment door shut behind him and tossed his keys down on the coffee table. He ran his hand through his thick black hair as he headed back to his bedroom, shaking his head. He really just needed to sleep. It was ridiculously early for him to go to bed, but his mind was so scattered that he couldn't think of anything else to do.

[assassinrue]

In the end, Felicity ended up laying in bed alone, unable to sleep. She was too jittery and her mind was racing.

[ᴄʀʏsᴛᴀʟғʀᴏsᴛ]

The combination of an early bedtime and the lack of alcohol in his system made it almost impossible to fall asleep. So, instead, Daemon ended up laying awake and staring at the dark ceiling. He knew he would go back to the club tomorrow, in hopes of finding her again, but the odds of her returning seemed poor to him. He might never see her again.

[assassinrue]

Felicity got up freakishly early and went to the cafe. She sat down with the biggest cup of coffee they had and a book