[ This is not the first time they have sought each other and yet it feels as though the other woman desires something very specific from her — comfort, perhaps, or the reminder that she is not alone in a place that often seems more forsaken than anywhere they have ever existed — and Vanessa responds to the kiss with a soft sound, hand rising to gently stroke fingers along the soft curve of her cheek. ]
Mary —
[ She breathes the name there, into that diminished space, for perhaps she needs this too, more than she even realized she did until this moment. ]
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Mary —
[ She breathes the name there, into that diminished space, for perhaps she needs this too, more than she even realized she did until this moment. ]