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I grabbed her wrists, turned her around and pulled her into an embrace that left little room for her to move. She fought my hold, reminding me that she was a lot stronger than she looked, but I kept her in place.
“No one was here!” I yelled at her. “For fuck’s sake, just calm down!”
“You’re a fucking liar, Andy!”
“I said, calm down!”
She struggled a little more, but eventually gave up completely and just stood there limp in my arms. After a few seconds of silence, her shoulders began to shake, and I could hear soft sobs escaping her lips. It wasn’t like Hannah to show weakness, and although she was crying now, she would do everything she could not to show it. I didn’t dare turn her around. She’d scratch my eyes out if I let her go.
“Nobody was here,” I said, kissing her head. “I promise. Just you, baby.”
She sobbed a little more, sniffed loudly, then nodded. “Let me go,” she whispered. “I’m fine.”
“Are you sure?” I asked, still hesitant.
“Let go, Andy,” she said. “If I wanted to hurt you, I would have.”
I believed her, so I let her go.
She pushed away from me, hit me with her elbow for good measure, then walked back into the living room. She kicked off her shoes and began pulling her shirt off.
“Woah, slow down,” I said.
She stopped and turned to me, her shirt around her neck and giving me a full view of her beautiful breasts behind a lace, black bra. I felt myself start getting harder instantly.
“I have to be at work in half an hour,” I said.
She dropped the shirt and shot me an angry glare. “Since when did that stop you?”
“Since the Chief’s started giving me crap after last night.”
She frowned. “You’re a hero,” she said. “The great Andy Stetson.”
“The Chief seems to think otherwise,” I smiled. “I think he used the word reckless and hotheaded a few times, too.”
Hannah looked at me, her eyes boring into mine, trying to figure out if I was lying or not. The truth was, last night had taken me out of it, and if she did drag me to bed, she would tell instantly that my mind and body weren’t into it.
Hannah clicked her tongue, pulled her shirt off and threw it onto the couch, and began unbuttoning her jeans as she made her way towards the bedroom. “You have two minutes to get your ass inside,” she said.
I sighed, ran a hand through my hair and looked down at the mess on the floor. One day I was going to have to find a way to get rid of her without having to worry about being run over while crossing an intersection.
I shook my head and followed her into the bedroom.
***
“She’s got your balls in a jar by her bed,” Bobby joked.
The station was usually quiet during the nightshift. Mansfield wasn’t a town prone to sudden fires, last night being an exception to the rule. So, most of the work was slow, usually devoted to cleaning the trucks, inspecting the equipment and making sure everything was okay, and of course lazy card games while half the crew dozed off. Of course, on the nights when the Chief was around, we all brought our A game. Fortunately, this was not one of those nights.
“I resent that remark,” I said, closing the hood of the engine I was inspecting and cleaning my hands on a rag. “I’d like to think it’s pity. That’s why I put up with her. Pure pity.”
“Right,” Bobby winked. “I mean, I’d be devastated, too, if I had to have sex with her every day to keep her calm. The amount of effort that goes into something like that, I mean, really. So much hard work and devotion.”
“Fuck you, Bobby,” I smiled.
Bobby laughed and slumped down on the couch we had propped against one wall of the station’s garage. It was a haggard, old thing, a save from an office fire a few months back. The only thing that hadn’t gone up in flames, and we decided to adopt it. It was a survivor, much like the men who worked in this station, and some of us saw ourselves in it.
“So, she had no idea about college girl?” Bobby asked.
