[It was real. It was the realest thing that Raleigh had felt in years. He's good, but not that good, not good enough to fake a connection like that. He wears his heart on his sleeve, really, he doesn't pretend to want to woo or marry any of the girls that find him in the bar. He doesn't act like they're the most special woman in the world. They're there because they want bragging rights, because they're jaeger flies and they're willing to pay for the privilege and they all know it, he knows it, no need to make it something it's not.
But Mako-- oh Mako. She's kissing Raleigh, not the former ranger and he shudders, crowding her against the wall a moment later. Using it to support them both as he leans into her, pushing back for every inch that she pushes him. Nevermind that he literally just finished with another girl, he wants her, he wants to leave the same mark on her that she's leaving on him. He wants her to remember him when she leaves-- Mako makes him competitive but not really in that he wants to beat her, he just wants her to pay attention to him.
It's addicting, so addicting to trade kisses with her, taking a drink of water and still being thirsty, a drowning man suddenly finding air.]
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But Mako-- oh Mako. She's kissing Raleigh, not the former ranger and he shudders, crowding her against the wall a moment later. Using it to support them both as he leans into her, pushing back for every inch that she pushes him. Nevermind that he literally just finished with another girl, he wants her, he wants to leave the same mark on her that she's leaving on him. He wants her to remember him when she leaves-- Mako makes him competitive but not really in that he wants to beat her, he just wants her to pay attention to him.
It's addicting, so addicting to trade kisses with her, taking a drink of water and still being thirsty, a drowning man suddenly finding air.]