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Spoiler(cliquez pour révéler)When Adam kissed him, it was every mile per hour Ronan had ever gone over the speed limit. It was every window-down, goose-bumps-on-skin, teeth-chattering-cold night drive. It was Adam's ribs under Ronan's hands and Adam's mouth on his mouth, again and again and again. It was stubble on lips and Ronan having to stop, to get his breath, to restart his heart. They were both hungry animals, but Adam had been starving fro longer."

He could smell it, the earthy scent of rain on dirt, but also the electric, restless smell of ozone. And he could see it : a hazy gray sheet of water blocking his view of the mountains. He could track the line of rain travelling across the vast dry field towards him. It was heavy and dark, and he knew he would get drenched if he stayed outside. It was coming from so far away that he had plenty of time to put the mower away and get under cover? Instead, though, he just stood there and watched it approach. Even at the last minute, as he heard the rain pounding the grass flat, he just stood there. He closed his eyes and let the storm soak him.

That was this kiss."

It was a dangerous game, scrying when everyone else would be too busy to notice if he also began to die in the backseat, but it was the only way he could survive being so close to Ronan's pained gasps."

He knew that of all the options in the world, Ronan Lynch was the most difficult version of any of them. He knew that Ronan was not a thing to be experimented with. [...]

Spoiler(cliquez pour révéler)He was pretty sure he had been Ronan's first kiss."

In this other place, it was easy to tell that the music was the sound of Ronan's soul. Hungry and prayerful, it whispered of dark places, old places, fire and sex."

Principles ? Henry Cheng's principles are all about getting larger font in the school newsletter," Ronan said. He did a vaguely offensive version of Henry's voice : "Serif ? Sans serif ? More bold, less italics."

Blue saw Adam both smirk and turn his face away in a hurry so that Gansey wouldn't see, but it was too late.

No homework. I got suspended," Blue replied.

"Get the fuck out," Ronan said, but with admiration. "Sargent, you asshole." Blue reluctantly allowed him to bump fists with her [...]

"For what ?"

"Emptying another student's backpack over his car. I don't want to talk about it."

"I do," Ronan said.

'Well, I don't. I'm not proud of it."

Ronan patted her leg. "I'll be proud for you."

Adam watched how intently Ronan studied the seams, his eyelashes low over his light eyes. Ronan let ou a breath, put the model down on the bed beside him, Spoiler(cliquez pour révéler)and kissed Adam."

Gansey n'était pas sûr d'être en position de tomber amoureux, mais il s'était tout de même laissé surprendre et tombé, il l'était. Il n'en saisissait pas vraiment la mécanique. Il comprenait son amitié avec Ronan et Adam qui possédaient tous deux des qualités dont il ne pouvait se vanter et qu'il admirait, et qui aimaient des versions de lui qu'il aimait également. C'était aussi vrai de son amitié avec Blue, mais c'était plus que ça. Plus il apprenait à la connaître, plus il avait l'impression d'être dans une de ses sessions de longueurs de bassin. Il n'y avait plus de versions dissonantes de lui. Il n'y avait plus que Gansey, maintenant, maintenant, maintenant.

Ronan would start wars and burn cities for that true smile, elastic and amiable."