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The studio smelled of ozone and expensive dust, a sterile environment where he planned to dissect me with a high-definition lens.
He gripped the back of her neck, his thumb tracing the frantic beat of her pulse against the vineyard’s humid twilight.
!["I'm Counting Every Minute You’re Not Under My Thumb"](https://miscd.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com/medium/"i'm-counting-every-minute-you’re-not-under-my-thumb"-419-cover-1784246467772.jpg)
The saxophone wailed like a widow while I watched her pulse jump against the high collar of that black silk shirt.
!["You’re Smirking Into Your Gin Again"](https://miscd.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com/medium/"you’re-smirking-into-your-gin-again"-364-cover-1783987240275.jpg)
I looked at the phone in my clutch, the screen a tiny white sun against the charcoal walls of the gallery.
!["You’ve Been Holding Your Breath Since the Lobby"](https://miscd.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com/medium/"you’ve-been-holding-your-breath-since-the-lobby"-583-cover-1783814453050.jpg)
The humidity in St. Barts was a physical weight, much like the expectation that I would remain composed while Kieran dismantled my autonomy.
The leather of my raptor mask smelled of tanning oils and the salt of my own breath, trapped against my lips.
I had spent my career teaching people how to hold themselves together, but in that sterile hotel suite, I only wanted to be dismantled.
The sound of the shutter is a tiny guillotine, and every time it drops, I lose another piece of my professional composure.
His hand on my neck felt like a cast-iron skillet—unyielding, retaining a heat that scorched long after the flame went out.
I pinned her against the cold marble of the pedestal, the scent of her perfume cutting through the expensive air like a flare.
His hand is a heavy weight against my throat, not squeezing yet, just a binding clause I haven't figured out how to litigate.
You didn’t just want my obedience; you wanted the specific way my breath caught when the leather met the back of my thighs.