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Conference Assistant and Event Hostess @ Bingham University
Abuja, Nigeria
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Graham And Gerald
<p>They’re brothers.</p><p><br/></p><p>Graham didn’t look dangerous.</p><p>That was the first mistake.</p><p>He was always composed.</p><p>Almost too composed.</p><p>Like nothing ever reached him enough to be disturbed.</p><p>He’s Soft-spoken.</p><p>And when he looks at me, it didn’t feel like attention.</p><p>It felt like some sort of assessment.</p><p>Not curiosity</p><p>But calculation.</p><p>And I still couldn’t stop going closer.</p><p><br/></p><p>But nobody ever warns you about men like Graham…</p><p>Because they don’t raise their voices.</p><p>They don’t slam doors.</p><p>They don’t leave obvious scars.</p><p><br/></p><p>They study you.</p><p><br/></p><p>They learn the exact tone that makes you stay.</p><p>The exact silence that makes you doubt yourself.</p><p>****</p><p>Gerald on the other hand was louder about everything.</p><p>You didn’t have to guess what he felt because <br/></p><p>he literally wore it on his skin.</p><p><br/></p><p>Anger.</p><p>Joy.</p><p>Even Frustration.</p><p>All of it leaked without permission.<br/></p><p><br/></p><p>With him, my body didn’t relax.</p><p>It somewhat reacted.</p><p>A Fast heartbeat.</p><p>Quick breaths.</p><p>Almost Too aware of everything.</p><p>Even the parts I tried my very best to ignore.</p><p>****</p><p>Graham’s touch was cold.</p><p>Not empty cold</p><p>But intentional cold.</p><p>Like he was deciding how much warmth I was allowed to feel at a time.</p><p>And somehow…</p><p>that control felt like safety.</p><p><br/></p><p>That’s what scared me later….</p><p>****</p><p>Gerald’s touch burned.</p><p>Not gentle. Not careful.</p><p>Just honest in a way that didn’t ask for permission to be felt.</p><p>It stayed longer than it should have.</p><p>Even after he let go.</p><p>****</p><p>And maybe that’s where it started to feel wrong.</p><p>Because I understood both of them too easily.</p><p><br/></p><p>Gerald felt like fire.</p><p>You knew you could get burned.</p><p><br/></p><p>Graham felt like home.</p><p>Until …. you realize </p><p>you were never allowed to leave…</p>
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