#Cloud Access Control

[fionayao2008]

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[tatzelwyrm]

From what I've read this only applies to files saved to the cloud/saved online, not files saved locally. Which still sucks, but most users will not be affected by this at all (unless you guys all use the cloud?).

But let this be another reminder not to save your stuff on some third-party corporation's cloud if you care about the privacy and safety of your files.

[subjectsix]

I don't know I'm not done talking about it. It's insane that I can't just uninstall Edge or Copilot. That websites require my phone number to sign up. That people share their contacts to find their friends on social media.

I wouldn't use an adblocker if ads were just banners on the side funding a website I enjoy using and want to support. Ads pop up invasively and fill my whole screen, I misclick and get warped away to another page just for trying to read an article or get a recipe.

Every app shouldn't be like every other app. Instagram didn't need reels and a shop. TikTok doesn't need a store. Instagram doesn't need to be connected to Facebook. I don't want my apps to do everything, I want a hub for a specific thing, and I'll go to that place accordingly.

I love discord, but so much information gets lost to it. I don't want to join to view things. I want to lurk on forums. I want to be a user who can log in and join a conversation by replying to a thread, even if that conversation was two days ago. I know discord has threads, it's not the same. I don't want to have to verify my account with a phone number. I understand safety and digital concerns, but I'm concerned about information like that with leaks everywhere, even with password managers.

I shouldn't have to pay subscriptions to use services and get locked out of old versions. My old disk copy of photoshop should work. I should want to upgrade eventually because I like photoshop and supporting the business. Adobe is a whole other can of worms here.

Streaming is so splintered across everything. Shows release so fast. Things don't get physical releases. I can't stream a movie I own digitally to friends because the share-screen blocks it, even though I own two digital copies, even though I own a physical copy.

I have an iPod, and I had to install a third party OS to easily put my music on it without having to tangle with iTunes. Spotify bricked hardware I purchased because they were unwillingly to upkeep it. They don't pay their artists. iTunes isn't even iTunes anymore and Apple struggles to upkeep it.

My TV shows me ads on the home screen. My dad lost access to eBook he purchased because they were digital and got revoked by the company distributing them. Hitman 1-3 only runs online most of the time. Flash died and is staying alive because people love it and made efforts to keep it up.

I have to click "not now" and can't click "no". I don't just get emails, they want to text me to purchase things online too. My windows start search bar searches online, not just my computer. Everything is blindly called an app now. Everything wants me to upload to the cloud. These are good tools! But why am I forced to use them! Why am I not allowed to own or control them?

No more!!!!! I love my iPod with so much storage and FLAC files. I love having all my fics on my harddrive. I love having USBs and backups. I love running scripts to gut suck stuff out of my Windows computer I don't want that spies on me. I love having forums. I love sending letters. I love neocities and webpages and webrings. I will not be scanning QR codes. Please hand me a physical menu. If I didn't need a smartphone for work I'd get a "dumb" phone so fast. I want things to have buttons. I want to use a mouse. I want replaceable batteries. I want the right to repair. I grew up online and I won't forget how it was!

[spintly-co]

Why Cloud-Based Access Control Is the Smartest Security Investment in 2025

As 2025 unfolds, physical security is no longer just about locked doors and ID cards. Organizations are embracing smart, agile technologies that align with modern work models, cybersecurity demands, and user expectations. One solution rising above the rest is cloud based access control. This approach offers more than just convenience - it delivers a strategic edge for businesses prioritizing flexibility, scalability, and resilience.

While many enterprises still rely on legacy systems that demand on-site servers and manual updates, the shift to cloud-powered access systems is accelerating. Solutions like Spintly are leading this evolution by offering seamless, scalable, and secure platforms tailored for forward-thinking organizations.

The Limitations of Traditional Access Control

Conventional access control systems, though once innovative, are now proving to be rigid and outdated. They require:

Physical server infrastructure

Manual software updates

On-premise IT support

High setup and maintenance costs

This creates limitations in terms of remote access, real-time visibility, and scalability - especially for growing businesses or companies operating across multiple locations.

What Is Cloud Based Access Control?

Cloud based access control moves access management functions—credential management, permissioning, reporting, and monitoring - to the cloud. Authorized personnel can manage access rights via a secure web interface or mobile app, eliminating the need for bulky hardware or complex IT intervention.

These systems leverage internet connectivity to communicate between access points (like smart locks or biometric readers) and centralized cloud servers. The result? Real-time data, seamless control, and enhanced security - accessible from anywhere.

Key Benefits of Cloud Based Access Control

1. Remote Management Across Locations

With remote work and distributed teams becoming standard, security administrators need the flexibility to manage access from anywhere. Cloud platforms allow them to:

Grant or revoke access in real time

Monitor who is entering or exiting

Receive alerts instantly

Manage multiple buildings or campuses from a single dashboard

Whether it's a facility in Mumbai or a satellite office in Bengaluru, companies using platforms like Spintly can centralize control with ease.

2. Scalability for Growing Businesses

As businesses expand, their security needs become more complex. A cloud based access control system scales effortlessly - new users, new doors, or even new branches can be added without major infrastructure changes. No need to install servers or hire local IT teams. Everything is managed centrally and updated instantly.

This flexibility is ideal for growing enterprises, co-working spaces, educational institutions, and multi-tenant buildings.

3. Reduced Hardware and Maintenance Costs

On-premise systems require regular maintenance, including hardware updates, data backups, and system repairs. Cloud based solutions reduce or eliminate these costs. Updates are automated, data is securely stored in the cloud, and hardware requirements are minimal.

Solutions like Spintly offer a cost-effective approach by removing dependence on complex server setups and minimizing ongoing maintenance.

4. Real-Time Access Logs and Data Analytics

Modern access control isn't just about entry and exit - it’s about intelligence. Cloud systems offer:

Live access logs

Visual dashboards

Predictive analytics

Customizable reports

This information is invaluable for audits, compliance, and understanding user behavior. Facility managers can make data-driven decisions to optimize traffic flow and reduce risks.

5. Improved User Experience

With mobile-first capabilities, cloud systems enable users to open doors using their smartphones no more fumbling with keycards or remembering PINs. For guests or contractors, temporary access credentials can be sent directly to their phones.

This enhances convenience and hygiene, especially in a post-pandemic world where contactless solutions are a priority.

Cloud Security: Is It Safe?

Understandably, businesses may have concerns about moving critical security infrastructure to the cloud. However, most cloud based access control providers use:

End-to-end encryption

Multi-factor authentication

Frequent security updates

GDPR and ISO-compliant data policies

These measures ensure data privacy and system integrity. In many cases, cloud systems offer better security than traditional on-premise setups vulnerable to outdated patches or limited oversight.

Cloud Based Access Control in Action

Let’s consider a growing mid-sized tech company in India with 5 regional offices. Their traditional access system required on-site support in each location, which created inefficiencies and high costs.

By switching to a cloud based access control solution from Spintly, they centralized access permissions, eliminated physical key management, and empowered administrators to monitor all locations from one dashboard. Mobile credentials replaced physical cards, improving both user experience and hygiene.

The IT team now spends less time on routine access tasks, and employees appreciate the streamlined entry process. The cost savings and operational efficiencies made a compelling case for cloud adoption.

Future-Proofing Your Security Investment

Technology is evolving rapidly. Investing in a system that can adapt is crucial. Cloud based access control platforms are regularly updated with:

New integrations (e.g., visitor management systems, video surveillance)

Biometric compatibility

Advanced analytics tools

AI-driven threat detection

These features allow organizations to keep pace with both security threats and user expectations without recurring hardware upgrades.

Why Spintly?

While many providers offer cloud solutions, Spintly stands out with a platform designed specifically for modern enterprises. Their system is:

Fully cloud native

Mobile-first and contactless

Easy to deploy and scale

Backed by strong encryption and compliance standards

Spintly combines sleek design with powerful backend architecture, offering a seamless balance of user experience and robust control. Whether you manage a co-working space, educational institution, or corporate facility, Spintly provides the devices to modernize your access strategy - without the complexity.

Conclusion

In 2025, the smartest security investments are those that align with agility, efficiency, and user convenience. Cloud based access control checks all the right boxes - enabling secure access from anywhere, integrating with other building systems, and providing real-time insights for better decision-making.

As more organizations recognize the limitations of legacy systems, the shift toward cloud access is no longer a matter of “if,” but “when.” For those ready to make the switch, trusted platforms like Spintly are paving the way with technology that is not only reliable but designed for the modern workplace.

[parkomax]

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[thesaltyace]

We went shopping for a fridge last year and ended up not buying one because of the connectivity bullshit. I wanted to get a fridge that fit our space better, but decided to keep the current one because I refuse to have a fridge that insists on being connected to the internet.

When we bought our last range, I had an incredibly difficult time finding what I wanted (convection oven) that didn't connect to the internet. The one with the features I liked the most LOCKED YOU OUT OF CERTAIN OVEN FEATURES until you connected it to the internet. And it locked them again when you disconnected, so if you had an internet outage you couldn't use the convection setting (arguably the most important feature I wanted). Why the hell would I buy an oven that locks the key feature I want behind internet connectivity? It's a fucking OVEN, why does it need to be connected to the internet at all? I bought a dumb range with zero connectivity and it works perfectly (Frigidaire to the rescue again, I love them).

A couple years ago, we thought our decade-old TV died. We shopped for a new one. There were ZERO dumb tv options available in the same size (46"). There was exactly one available in a much smaller size. We went home, cracked that old sucker open, tested everything with a multimeter, shrugged because we couldn't find anything wrong, and put it back together. It worked again. No idea what we did. But it was alive. We're still using it because we cannot stomach having a smart tv.

I understand that my phone is collecting a crapton of data and sending it who knows where. That doesn't mean I want every major appliance and electronic device in my home to do the same. Privacy concerns aside, do you trust that these manufacturers are keeping these devices secure and addressing security vulnerabilities? We know for a fact that they aren't. Connecting these smart devices to your network could give bad actors easier access to more important devices connected to the same network - like your phone or computer.

I loathe that so many things are connected for the sole purpose of sending data for marketing purposes. I loathe that the smart features arguably make the product worse (for instance - smart tvs appear to be laggy as fuck with no exceptions). I loathe that features can be added or taken away via that mandatory connectivity instead of me being able to buy something that just fucking works and will continue to fucking work as long as I maintain and use it properly. And I hate that companies now treat connectivity as though it it's a standard thing even when the device absolutely doesn't need it to properly function. They treat it like a feature for your convenience when really it's for theirs.

Bah. 😤

[jcmarchi]

Ensuring Resilient Security for Autonomous AI in Healthcare

New Post has been published on https://thedigitalinsider.com/ensuring-resilient-security-for-autonomous-ai-in-healthcare/

Ensuring Resilient Security for Autonomous AI in Healthcare

The raging war against data breaches poses an increasing challenge to healthcare organizations globally. As per current statistics,  the average cost of a data breach now stands at $4.45 million worldwide, a figure that more than doubles to $9.48 million for healthcare providers serving patients within the United States. Adding to this already daunting issue is the modern phenomenon of inter- and intra-organizational data proliferation. A concerning 40% of disclosed breaches involve information spread across multiple environments, greatly expanding the attack surface and offering many avenues of entry for attackers.

The growing autonomy of generative AI brings an era of radical change. Therefore, with it comes the pressing tide of additional security risks as these advanced intelligent agents move out of theory to deployments in several domains, such as the health sector. Understanding and mitigating these new threats is crucial in order to up-scale AI responsibly and enhance an organization’s resilience against cyber-attacks of any nature, be it owing to malicious software threats, breach of data, or even well-orchestrated supply chain attacks.

Resilience at the design and implementation stage

Organizations must adopt a comprehensive and evolutionary proactive defense strategy to address the increasing security risks caused by AI, especially inhealthcare, where the stakes involve both patient well-being as well as compliance with regulatory measures.

This requires a systematic and elaborate approach, starting with AI system development and design, and continuing to large-scale deployment of these systems.

The first and most critical step that organizations need to undertake is to chart out and threat model their entire AI pipeline, from data ingestion to model training, validation, deployment, and inference. This step facilitates precise identification of all potential points of exposure and vulnerability with risk granularity based on impact and likelihood.

Secondly, it is important to create secure architectures for the deployment of systems and applications that utilize large language models (LLMs), including those with Agentic AI capabilities. This involves meticulously considering various measures, such as container security, secure API design, and the safe handling of sensitive training datasets.

Thirdly, organizations need to understand and implement the recommendations of various standards/ frameworks. For example, adhere to the guidelines laid down by NIST’s AI Risk Management Framework for comprehensive risk identification and mitigation. They could also consider OWASP’s advice on the unique vulnerabilities introduced by LLM applications, such as prompt injection and insecure output handling.

Moreover, classical threat modeling techniques also need to evolve to effectively manage the unique and intricate attacks generated by Gen AI, including insidious data poisoning attacks that threaten model integrity and the potential for generating sensitive, biased, or inappropriately produced content in AI outputs.

Lastly, even after post-deployment, organizations will need to stay vigilant by practicing regular and stringent red-teaming maneuvers and specialized AI security audits that specifically target sources such as bias, robustness, and clarity to continually discover and mitigate vulnerabilities in AI systems.

Notably, the basis of creating strong AI systems in healthcare is to fundamentally protect the entire AI lifecycle, from creation to deployment, with a clear understanding of new threats and an adherence to established security principles.

Measures during the operational lifecycle

In addition to the initial secure design and deployment, a robust AI security stance requires vigilant attention to detail and active defense across the AI lifecycle. This necessitates for the continuous monitoring of content, by leveraging AI-driven surveillance to detect sensitive or malicious outputs immediately, all while adhering to information release policies and user permissions. During model development and in the production environment, organizations will need to actively scan for malware, vulnerabilities, and adversarial activity at the same time. These are all, of course, complementary to traditional cybersecurity measures.

To encourage user trust and improve the interpretability of AI decision-making, it is essential to carefully use Explainable AI (XAI) tools to understand the underlying rationale for AI output and predictions.

Improved control and security are also facilitated through automated data discovery and smart data classification with dynamically changing classifiers, which provide a critical and up-to-date view of the ever-changing data environment. These initiatives stem from the imperative for enforcing strong security controls like fine-grained role-based access control (RBAC) methods, end-to-end encryption frameworks to safeguard information in transit and at rest, and effective data masking techniques to hide sensitive data.

Thorough security awareness training by all business users dealing with AI systems is also essential, as it establishes a critical human firewall to detect and neutralize possible social engineering attacks and other AI-related threats.

Securing the future of Agentic AI

The basis of sustained resilience in the face of evolving AI security threats lies in the proposed multi-dimensional and continuous method of closely monitoring, actively scanning, clearly explaining, intelligently classifying, and stringently securing AI systems. This, of course, is in addition to establishing a widespread human-oriented security culture along with mature traditional cybersecurity controls. As autonomous AI agents are incorporated into organizational processes, the necessity for robust security controls increases.  Today’s reality is that data breaches in public clouds do happen and cost an average of $5.17 million , clearly emphasizing the threat to an organization’s finances as well as reputation.

In addition to revolutionary innovations, AI’s future depends on developing resilience with a foundation of embedded security, open operating frameworks, and tight governance procedures. Establishing trust in such intelligent agents will ultimately decide how extensively and enduringly they will be embraced, shaping the very course of AI’s transformative potential.

[olivergisttv]

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[aarunresearcher]

United States voice biometrics market size is projected to exhibit a growth rate (CAGR) of 16.85% during 2024-2032. The increasing focus on security and the need for robust authentication methods, the rising demand in financial services, the rapid technological advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), and the shift towards multi-factor authentication (MFA) are some of the factors propelling the market.

[techdriveplay]

What Is the Best Approach to Setting Up a Smart Garage?

As homes become more interconnected and smart devices permeate every corner of daily life, the garage is often overlooked. However, integrating smart technology into your garage can significantly enhance convenience, security, and efficiency. So, what is the best approach to setting up a smart garage? Whether you’re looking to streamline your morning routine or boost the security of your home, a…

[spikedfearn]

As if It’s Heaven’s Gate

one-shot

Remmick x fem!reader

summary: You take a job as a live-in nurse for the town’s most infamous recluse—Remmick, the strange, soft-spoken man hidden away in a rotting Victorian farmhouse no one dares approach. Locals warn you not to touch him. Not to linger after dark. But when you meet him, he’s all big eyes and broken manners, trembling hands and gold chain glinting at his throat. Touch-starved, tender, and ruinously ancient. He flinches when you reach for him—and sobs when you don’t. You drop to your knees, and he forgets the taste of blood. He’s already yours before you ever put your mouth on him.

wc: 8.5k

a/n: holy 2k followers batman!! I wanna thank everyone for the outpouring of love and support my work has gotten over the last month, truly insane, still processing, gonna release something soon as a massive thank you <333 based off this post, I'm sure I'm not the first but I haven't come across any fic of reader going down on Remmick yet and I have a great need to suck that man's dick until his stomach caves in like a Capri-sun (someone revoke my internet access) so here we are. Thank you to @ddlydevotion for finding my photo refs. Dedicated to Sam @matrixfangs for not only beta reading this but also requesting I incorporate Jack's cross tattoo into one of my fics!! title from the song too sweet by hozier.

warnings: vampirism, oral sex (m!receiving), d/s dynamic, begging, spit kink, hair pulling, praise kink, humiliation kink (soft), drool, overstimulation, ruined man behavior, touch starvation, religious imagery, cross kink?, control kink, sub!remmick, somniloquy, emotional degradation (tender), slight dacryphilia, mildly unhinged reader, dark romance, southern gothic atmosphere, implied violence, implied murder (offscreen)

I am doing away with my tag list because it's getting a little long so I recommend turning on notifications if you don't wanna miss when I post c:

likes, comments, and reblogs always appreciated, enjoy!!

The bus wheezed like it was exhaling its last breath, sputtering to a stop in the middle of nowhere. Dust kicked up around its wheels as the brakes hissed and the door creaked open with a reluctant sigh.

You stepped off into the heat—that heavy, wet Southern heat that sticks to your skin like tacky glue, curling into your clothes and dragging its teeth across the back of your neck.

The sun hung fat and merciless in a sky bleached bone-white, cicadas crying loud enough to shake the treetops. Sweat bloomed across your collarbone before your boots even hit the dirt.

It wasn’t real pavement, not out here. Just cracked-red earth, dry and crumbling, veined with weeds and the roots of things too stubborn to die. The main road—if you could call it that—was lined with rusted fence posts, bowed under the weight of creeping kudzu and wire that hadn’t held anything in years.

The town itself looked like it had been forgotten in a drawer: sun-wilted storefronts with paint peeling off in strips, glass windows clouded with grime, and a gas station that hadn’t changed its prices since Prohibition.

A man with no teeth watched you from a bench outside a bait shop. A girl gnawed a peach in the shade of a feed store awning, juice dripping down her wrist as she stared without blinking.

No one smiled. No one welcomed you. Just silence and the shrill, electric whine of summer bugs, loud as a curse.

You adjusted your grip on the suitcase handle—leather, secondhand, the clasp a little loose—and stepped forward, your boots crunching on gravel as the bus hissed again and pulled away behind you. The sudden stillness in its absence made your ears ring. Somewhere down the road, a dog barked once, then went quiet.

The driver who’d agreed to take you the last few miles was late. Or not coming. You checked the watch on your wrist—scratched crystal, the hour hand a little jittery—and waited. The skin on your shoulders prickled. Not from the heat. From the eyes.

They were still staring.

A woman in a gingham dress crossed herself. Didn’t stop walking. Didn’t look at you twice.

Then a voice—cracked with age and smoke, coming from just over your shoulder—broke the thick, humid quiet: “That house got ghosts in it.”

You turned. It was the man from the bench, leaning forward now, elbows on his knees, eyes milky with cataracts. He spat to the side, aimed like he’d done it a thousand times before.

“He don’t come to town. Don’t let him touch you, honey.”

Before you could ask what the hell that meant, the groan of old suspension and rattling chains cut through the air.

A pickup truck, wheezing like the bus, pulled up in a cloud of red dust. Faded forest green with rust eating away the sides and a crooked license plate hanging on by one bolt. The man driving it looked as old as the truck—tan leather skin, yellowed shirt, a straw hat pulled low.

He didn’t say your name. Just nodded once. Like he already knew.

You climbed in beside him, the vinyl seat burning hot through your skirt. Neither of you spoke. The ride out of town was long and winding, lined with cypress trees and fields that had gone to seed. Every now and then, the man would spit out the window. You watched the land unravel into nothing—just swaying grass, rusted scarecrows, and buzzards perched on telephone wires.

Then, after what felt like forever, the truck crested a hill.

And there it was.

The house.

Aging Victorian farmhouse, two stories tall, white paint weathered to the color of bone. Porch bowed in the middle like a snapped spine. Shutters hanging off their hinges. The front door was so dark it looked like a hole punched through the front of the house. Vines crept up the sides like veins, crawling toward the chimneys and windows like they wanted to choke it. Or hold it down.

The iron gates at the front were rusted and tall, still latched shut. You could make out glass-paned windows that looked hollow, staring out at the road like eyes that hadn’t blinked in years.

The man parked, killed the engine, and didn’t move. You stepped out. Shut the door behind you. He didn’t offer to help with the suitcase. Just lit a cigarette, slow and deliberate.

“He sleeps durin’ the day. House is yours ‘til sundown. Don’t linger on the porch.”

You waited for more.

He didn’t offer it.

He put the truck in gear and reversed down the dirt road without another word, vanishing behind the veil of oak and kudzu until there was nothing but eerie birdsong and your own breath.

The wind kicked up. Dry. Hot. Mean. The house creaked—just once. Like it had been holding its breath too.

And then…the front door groaned open.

The open door breathed out a draft of air—cool and heavy, smelling of cedarwood, old paper, and something vaguely sweet, like dried flowers pressed between book pages. It curled around your ankles like mist.

You stepped forward. The porch groaned beneath your feet, boards soft with age, and for one heart-pounding moment you thought the whole thing might give. But it held. Just barely. The screen door had been ripped clean off its hinges long ago. The wooden door itself was open wide now, dark as pitch inside.

You crossed the threshold. The world behind you dropped away like a curtain falling shut.

The house swallowed sound. Swallowed light. It was dim and old in the way caves are old—cooler than it had any right to be, shadows pooling like ink in the corners. Lace curtains yellowed with age hung limp at the windows. The wallpaper had peeled back in strips, revealing ribs of rotting wood beneath. A hallway stretched long ahead of you, lined with crooked picture frames and closed doors.

Your hand skimmed the wall, trying to find your balance. The place felt like it was holding its breath.

Then you saw him.

He stepped out of the parlor like he wasn’t used to being seen, like he expected to vanish the moment your eyes landed on him.

Remmick.

And he was…nothing like you expected.

Not some grizzled recluse with wild hair and yellow teeth, not a hissing, skeletal shut-in like the townsfolk seemed to imagine. No. He was—

Broad.

His shoulders were built like a man who used to work with his hands, chest thick under the open collar of a blue-and-white pinstriped button-up, the sleeves messily rolled to his elbows. Beneath it, a threadbare white wife-beater clung to his torso like second skin. His jeans were dark, faded, worn at the knees, and he was barefoot—toes pale, dust smudged across the tops of his feet, like he hadn’t stepped outside in years.

His hair was short and messy, soft-looking, brown with uneven bangs that fell just above his brows in a way that felt almost boyish, almost accidental. Not styled. Just…unbothered. Untamed. Like he’d dragged his fingers through it and given up halfway.

And then his eyes.

Blue. Too blue. Not sky-blue. Not ocean-blue. The blue of cracked porcelain. The kind of blue that shouldn’t exist in nature. They looked almost glassy, as if someone had painted them on too carefully.

You didn’t know that they were artificial, not yet, like a predator blending in with its surroundings to fool the naive prey. That the real eyes were red as flame and waiting underneath.

But even so, you felt it.

Something inhuman. Something primordial.

You didn’t know what you were seeing. But you knew it wasn’t just a man and yet—you weren’t scared.

He froze when he saw you. Like he’d walked into a memory.

His mouth parted slightly. His hands hung at his sides, rough-knuckled, long-fingered. One of them twitched, just once, like he meant to lift it—and then stopped. Like the very thought of touching was…too much.

His voice came slow, thick. Raspy from disuse. “Evenin’.”

You blinked. “Hi.”

That same hand moved to scratch the back of his neck—awkward, almost boyish. He ducked his head slightly, eyes flitting away from yours. His lips pressed together like he wasn’t sure whether or not to smile, and then decided against it.

“I, uh…I didn’t expect you so soon.”

There was a tremble in his voice, barely there beneath the deep drawl. But it was there. Not nervous. Not quite. Just…unused. He sounded like someone who didn’t speak unless he had to. Someone who had been silent for too long.

You stepped forward, instinctive. He flinched.

It was subtle—just a twitch of his shoulder, the stiffening of his posture, a faint shift backward—but your body caught it. Your eyes caught it. His eyes never left you.

“I’m your nurse,” you said softly, giving your name, your voice feather-light.

He nodded. Still didn’t move closer.

There was a thin gold chain around his neck, peeking out from beneath his collar. It caught the faint light from the window and glinted, just for a second, brushing against the pale hollow of his throat when he leaned forward slightly. Like it had weight. Like it mattered.

You took a breath, trying to read him. He was watching you the way a starving man watches a feast. Not greedy. Not desperate.

Haunted.

Like he was talking to someone who no longer walked this mortal coil.

“Where should I…?” you asked, fingers curling slightly around the strap of your bag.

He startled. “Oh. Right. Room’s upstairs. I, uh—” he hesitated, scratched at his forearm where the button-up had slipped back just far enough to reveal the edge of a vein that looked darker than it should—“I ain’t had company in a while.”

“How long?” you asked.

He blinked at you. Like the question hadn’t occurred to him before.

Then, just as softly, with a note of old sorrow so quiet you nearly missed it, he answered:

“Too long.”

He turned, shoulders shifting beneath the thin cotton of his shirt, and motioned for you to follow. He didn’t offer to carry your bag. Not out of rudeness—it was something else. A hesitation that clung to him like sweat in the air.

The hallway creaked under your steps, your boots heavy against the worn floorboards. His bare feet moved near-silent, just the soft pad of skin on old wood. Dust stirred where he passed, curling like smoke in his wake. You watched the muscles move beneath his shirt—the way the thin material clung to his back, the curve of his shoulders, the faint outline of his spine shifting when he turned a corner. You could almost imagine him once being a laborer, maybe a carpenter, with those thick forearms and that sunken posture—like he hadn’t stood tall in years.

He didn’t look back at you until he reached the stairs.

“They’re steep,” he warned, voice low, accent thickening just a touch like the words were sticking to his tongue. “House wasn’t built for comfort. Not anymore.”

You followed him anyway.

The staircase was narrow and curved, wood darkened by age and use. The banister wobbled when you touched it. His hand hovered near the wall as he climbed, but he didn’t steady himself on anything—as if he was afraid to touch the house too long.

The landing opened into a hallway lit only by a single cracked window. Dust motes danced in the beam of sunlight, and Remmick avoided it completely, skirting the edge like a shadow. You didn’t think much of it. Just heat, maybe. Or habit.

He stopped in front of a door at the far end. It was plain—faded green paint, iron handle gone dull with rust. He opened it for you but didn’t step inside.

“Room’s clean,” he said, still not meeting your eyes. “Did it myself this mornin’.”

You peered in.

Small, but tidy. The bed was old but made, white sheets tucked tight. There was a vanity with a tarnished mirror, a small closet door that hung slightly crooked, and a bedside table with a worn oil lamp and what looked like a book left behind years ago. A hand towel had been folded and left on the pillow.

“You didn’t have to do that,” you murmured.

“I did,” he said simply. Then, quieter: “Didn’t want you thinkin’ I’d leave it…unfit.”

He stood there, barefoot and awkward, hands half-curled at his sides like he didn’t know what to do with them. His bangs had fallen deeper over his eyes, hiding them. But you saw the shape of them behind the strands—wide, almost deer-like.

He looked like he didn’t know whether to apologize for being alive or thank you for showing up.

You stepped inside. Set your bag down. When you turned to speak again, he was already halfway down the hall.

He hadn’t made a sound.

Later, after you’d unpacked and washed your face in the cracked porcelain basin, you made your way down to the kitchen, following the faint clatter of dishware. You paused at the doorway.

He stood at the sink, back to you, sleeves rolled higher now—his forearms dusted in pale hair, thick with muscle, the veins just barely raised under the skin. The gold chain shifted at his throat as he rinsed out an old tin mug. He didn’t seem to notice you.

The light from the window cut across the floor, a bright bar of late-afternoon sun. It stopped just inches from where he stood, and he didn’t cross it. His toes curled against the edge like it was a line he couldn’t breach.

You finally spoke. “Do you want any help?”

He jumped.

Not violently—just a twitch. His shoulders drew in, spine straightening, as if your voice had reached into him and plucked something loose.

Then he slowly turned. His eyes—still too blue—met yours, and for a second you thought he looked guilty. Like he’d been caught doing something shameful.

“No,” he said, swallowing. “But…thank you.”

You stepped forward anyway.

He froze. Again.

“I’m just getting a glass,” you said, brushing past him, your fingers grazing the inside of his forearm by accident—just a whisper of skin against skin.

He flinched. Actually flinched. Not hard. Not violently. But enough to feel like a blow. You pulled back, brows furrowing.

“I didn’t mean to—”

“It’s fine,” he said quickly, voice hushed and low and cracking like dry wood underfoot. “You ain’t done nothin’ wrong.”

You turned your head, studied him.

“Do you not like to be touched?”

A pause.

He looked down at the floor. His hands opened and closed once.

“I just…ain’t used to it, is all.”

Not used to it. Not anymore. Not in a long, long time.

You felt something tighten in your chest then, strange and aching. A tether drawing taut. You didn’t know what had happened to him. Why the town feared him. Why the sunlight seemed to singe the air around him. Why his voice trembled when you spoke too softly.

But you did know this:

He was alone.

And he had been alone for a very, very long time.

The glass was cloudy. Not dirty—just old, like everything else in this house. When you turned the tap, the pipes groaned in protest before surrendering a stream of lukewarm water. You sipped, then leaned against the counter, your eyes sliding back to him.

Remmick hadn’t moved.

Still by the sink, shoulder just shy of that stripe of sunlight, arms stiff at his sides like he didn’t know how to stand. The water dripped from the mug he held. A single droplet clung to the edge of his knuckle and then slid down, curling over his wrist.

He stared at the floor. At your boots. At anything except you.

“You live here alone?” you asked.

His head tilted slightly, as though the question had startled him. He nodded.

“For how long?”

A beat.

“…Long.”

He didn’t elaborate. Just that one syllable, spoken like a stone dropped into a well. No echo. No follow-up.

You took another sip. “Locals said you don’t like company.”

His lip twitched—almost a smile, but not quite. It was more like…a ghost of a smirk, something he might’ve worn naturally once, long ago, before it fell out of practice.

“I reckon they said worse’n that.”

“They said not to let you touch me.”

That made him flinch for real.

A sharp intake of breath, his spine straightening, knuckles whitening around the tin cup. He didn’t look at you. Didn’t speak. But the shame bled off him like heat, pouring into the space between you until the air turned too thick to breathe.

You waited.

And when he still didn’t say anything, you set your glass down with a quiet clink and asked gently:

“Why would they say that?”

He looked at you then.

Really looked.

Eyes wide. Blue. Too blue. Glassy in the way that porcelain is glassy—shiny and fragile and false. A color that didn’t feel real, not on a living thing. His brow was furrowed like the question pained him.

“…They scared,” he said softly. “Always been. But fear makes folks say things that ain’t...whole.”

“Is it not true?”

His throat bobbed. That thin gold chain moved with the motion, catching what little light the room offered. His jaw tensed, a tick pulsing just beneath the skin. When he finally spoke, it was so quiet you almost missed it.

“I don’t hurt people who don’t deserve it.”

He said it like it was a rule, not a defense. Something sacred. Something self-imposed and unshakable.

“I didn’t think you did,” you murmured.

That made him pause. Head tilted again. Studying you like you were a puzzle with too many pieces.

“Then why’d you come?”

You gave a small shrug. “They said you needed help.”

“And you believed ‘em?”

“I believe you now.”

That silenced him.

He set the tin mug down gently, almost reverently. The sound was soft. Barely there. Like he’d learned to be careful with his strength. Or maybe he was just scared of breaking things.

“I ain’t had a nurse before,” he said. “Didn’t think I needed one.”

“Well,” you said, tone light, “I’m here now.”

Another pause.

He nodded, still not smiling. Just…accepting. Resigned. Like he’d already decided you were temporary.

A flicker of something passed behind his eyes then. Regret. Fear. Hunger. You couldn’t tell. But it made you step closer. And again—he moved back. Just a step. Not far. Not fast. But enough.

Like your nearness singed. You didn’t take it personally. You were starting to understand: it wasn’t you he didn’t trust. It was himself.

“Can I ask your name?” you said, after a beat.

He blinked. Then, slowly, he answered:

“…Remmick.”

You repeated it once, soft. Let it settle. His breath hitched. And just for a second—less than a breath, less than a blink—his eyes flashed red.

Bright. Brief. Burning.

Gone just as fast.

You didn’t say anything. You weren’t even sure you’d seen it. But he turned away like he had something to hide.

“I’ll, uh…be out on the porch. If you need me.” His voice cracked again. “Dinner’s in the oven.”

“Remmick.”

He stilled.

“Thank you.”

His hand touched the doorframe. Just the tips of his fingers. Then he left without looking back, the gold chain glinting once over the curve of his collarbone as he slipped into the shadows again.

You didn’t know what you’d just seen. But you knew you weren’t afraid. Not of him. And not of whatever was buried beneath those woeful eyes.

The dining room was crooked.

The long table—mahogany once, now dulled and water-stained—sat slightly uneven, legs warped from heat and time. One chair at the end had been worn smooth with use. The others were still draped in white sheets, untouched, forgotten. The chandelier above was dust-choked, only one bulb flickering faintly. Shadows wavered across the ceiling like they were alive.

Remmick was already seated when you stepped in, spine stiff, hands folded neatly in his lap. Not touching the silverware. Not even looking at the plate in front of him. A modest meal—roasted potatoes, black-eyed peas, cornbread—steamed in a careful arrangement across two plates, though yours was a little fuller.

He’d set it out like it was a ritual. Like it mattered. His eyes jumped to yours the moment you crossed the threshold. That same stare—wide, dark in the low light, too big for his face—gave him the look of something puppyish, soft in a way that didn’t match the rest of him.

“I hope it’s alright,” he said quickly, words too fast, too eager. “I cooked it this mornin’. Tried to keep it warm without dryin’ it out.”

You slid into the chair across from him. “It smells good.”

His shoulders relaxed a fraction, like a wire had gone slack. “Ain’t had much reason to cook for two.”

You took a bite, slowly. It was simple—salt, butter, heat. No herbs. No flair. But it was made with care. You could taste that.

Across from you, Remmick didn’t eat. He watched you instead.

You didn’t comment on it at first, but when you finally glanced up, fork paused midair, he looked away too quickly. A flicker of red threatened behind his lashes—gone before you could be sure.

“You’re not hungry?” you asked gently.

He hesitated. “Not for that.”

You blinked.

He flinched. “I mean—nothin’ wrong with it. I just—I don’t eat much. Not lately.”

You let it go. For now.

The silence that followed wasn’t hostile, but it wasn’t easy either. It strained under its own weight. Not tension between you, but the kind that comes when someone’s forgotten how to be in a room with another person. He kept shifting in his seat—shoulders tight, hands flexing slightly in his lap, like he had to remind himself to stay still.

You tried again.

“So…you’ve lived here a long time?”

He nodded. “Since before the war.”

“Which one?”

His lips twitched. “Exactly.”

You huffed a soft laugh. “Do you ever leave?”

Another long pause. He looked down at the table, fingers tracing the edge of a scratch in the wood.

“I used to,” he said. “Town was smaller then. Or maybe it just felt that way.”

“You don’t go anymore?”

“I scare folks.” He said it plainly. No self-pity. Just fact. “And I don’t…do well in the sun.”

You watched the way he said it—carefully. Intentionally vague. Like he was testing how much he could say without scaring you off.

“I noticed,” you murmured.

His eyes lifted again. In the dim lighting, they looked almost black, shadows swallowing all the unnatural blue. The wide shape of them gave him a look so innocent it was disarming—a big-eyed, vulnerable softness, like a boy too shy to ask for what he needed.

“I’m not scared of you,” you added.

He swallowed hard. The gold chain at his collarbone shifted.

“You should be,” he said softly. “But I’m glad you’re not.”

The food sat cooling between you.

You noticed he kept glancing at your hands—how they moved, how they curled around your fork, how they pressed briefly to your chest when you swallowed water. He didn’t leer. Didn’t ogle. But he watched with the intensity of someone who’d gone without touch so long, he’d forgotten what warmth looked like.

“Do you miss it?” you asked.

He looked up sharply. “Miss what?”

“Conversation. Company.”

He blinked like you’d hit him.

“Yes,” he said. Just that. No hesitation. Voice cracking around the edge.

Then, quieter:

“I try not to. But yes.”

You sat with that for a beat.

“I could talk more,” you offered, a faint smile tugging at your mouth. “Or less. If you’d rather quiet.”

He shook his head, too fast. “No—no, I like it. I…I like your voice.”

You blinked. Your cheeks went warm.

He blinked too, startled at himself. “Shit—I mean—not like that. Just. It’s nice. I ain’t heard anything like it in…”

He trailed off. His ears had gone pink.

You laughed gently. “You’re a little out of practice, huh?”

“I’m fuckin’ terrible,” he muttered, half to himself. Then, with a glance at you: “Sorry.”

“Don’t be,” you said. “It’s nice. You’re…nice.”

He stared at you like he didn’t know what to do with that word. And then, without warning, a loud creak echoed from somewhere deeper in the house. The pipes moaned. The lights flickered.

You jumped.

Remmick didn’t move. But the red flashed again in his eyes—just for a blink, just enough to raise the hairs on your arms.

“Old house,” he murmured.

“Right.”

But he was staring down the hallway now, like he heard something you couldn’t. His jaw clenched. One hand curled tight against his knee, as if fighting the urge to stand.

“Is it safe?” you asked, your voice dipping instinctively into something wary.

His eyes cut to yours.

And something about the way he looked at you then—those big, dark, wide eyes still soft as a dog’s, still scared to ask too much—made your breath catch.

“With me?” he said.

A beat.

Then, softer:

“Always.”

The house changed at night.

It didn’t creak. It breathed—slow and hollow, like the walls had lungs of their own. The old wood carried footsteps in strange directions. Voices turned inward. Time unspooled.

You lay in bed, still dressed, still wired, the heat slick on the back of your neck. The lamp on your bedside table cast a low, amber glow across the ceiling. Somewhere outside, a whippoorwill called once and went quiet.

The room smelled like lavender soap and old cotton. The fan in the corner ticked every fifth rotation. You hadn’t seen Remmick since dinner.

He hadn’t said goodnight. Not that you blamed him.

He’d looked like he wanted to linger. Like his legs didn’t quite want to carry him away. But something in him—something knotted deep—had yanked him back into the dark, like a leash.

Still, you thought of him as you lay there. The way his eyes kept dropping to your hands. The way his voice cracked when he spoke too kindly. The way he watched you like he hadn’t watched another soul in decades—and didn’t know if he was allowed to.

You didn’t mean to doze. But the silence folded over you like a sheet.

And then—

You heard it.

Low. Fragile. Muffled.

A sound curling up through the floorboards.

You blinked awake, heart ticking faster, every hair on your arms rising before your mind even caught up. You sat up slowly. The fan ticked again.

And again, that sound.

A moan.

Male. Soft. Throaty.

Followed by something rougher. Shaped by a tongue and a mouth. Words.

You slid from the bed, bare feet ghosting over the cool floor. Pressed your palm to the wall. Leaned close.

The voice—Remmick’s voice—was speaking. But not English. Something old. It came in broken fragments. Whispered. Half-strangled. And aching.

“A chuisle…mo chuisle, mo chroí…”

(My pulse…my pulse, my heart…)

The wood under your fingers thrummed.

“Táid mo lámha ag crith…Dia, tá brón orm…”

(My hands are shaking…God, I’m sorry…)

A sound followed—wet. Guttural. Like he’d tried to breathe through a sob and swallowed it.

You stepped back, heart rabbiting, heat pooling low in your belly—not from fear, but from something else.

The need in that voice. The loneliness. The way the words clung to his throat like they hurt coming out.

And then—

A moan. Sharp. Broken open.

“Lig dom é a mhothú… lig dom tú a mhothú…”

(Let me feel it…let me feel you…)

You were rooted to the floor, bare toes curling against the wood as something bloomed low in your abdomen—hot and needy and shameful in its intensity. Your thighs pressed together before you even realized you’d done it.

He sounded desperate. Not sexual—not entirely. But starved. Ragged.

Destroyed.

Like he was begging for something he didn’t think he deserved to have, not even in sleep.

“Tá tú anseo…tá tú fíor…ná fág mé…”

(You’re here…you’re real…don’t leave me…)

The words were choked now. Slurred. Drenched in a broken kind of longing. You didn’t mean to press your palm flat against the wall. Didn’t mean to close your eyes.

Didn’t mean to whisper: “I’m here.”

But you did.

And somehow, the sounds stopped. Not abruptly. Just…slowed. Faded.

As if he'd heard you.

As if, wherever he was in that dream, the presence of you at the wall soothed something raw and ancient inside him.

The air stilled. No more moaning. No more whispers. Only quiet. You stood there for a moment longer, breath shallow, chest tight. Then turned back to the bed.

And as you crawled beneath the covers, something inside you whispered—

He wasn’t dreaming of just anyone. He was dreaming of you.

You didn’t sleep long.

When you woke again, the air was different. Thicker.

Your body was heavy with it, sunk into the mattress, heart drumming in your ears like you were already in motion. The fan had stopped ticking. The lamp had gone out. A soft glow slanted in through the hallway—a light left on downstairs, maybe. Or—

No.

Someone had turned it on.

You sat up slowly. The floorboards creaked outside your door. Once. Twice. A pause. Then a knock. Soft. Barely there.

Your stomach flipped.

“Yeah?” you called, voice still sleep-rough, soft enough that he could ignore it if he needed to.

But he didn’t. The door opened a crack. And there he was.

Remmick.

Still barefoot.

Still dressed the same—pinstriped button-up wrinkled from sleep, sleeves rolled to the elbows, suspenders hanging loose at his sides. His hair was mussed now, falling harder into his face, and his chest rose and fell beneath the thin white wife-beater like he’d climbed stairs too fast. Or hadn’t been breathing right since sundown.

He didn’t cross the threshold. Not at first.

He stood there like a man unsure of his place in the world—a broad shadow outlined in gold from the hallway light, wide-eyed and fidgeting, arms at his sides like he didn’t trust himself to lift them.

“Sorry,” he said, voice raw. “Didn’t mean to wake you.”

“You didn’t.”

He hesitated.

Then: “Can I…?”

He didn’t finish the sentence. But his eyes flicked toward the inside of the room—dark and private and unthreatening—and you understood.

You nodded once. “Yeah.”

He stepped in.

Carefully. Like the floor might bite him.

The door shut behind him with a click that echoed louder than it should have. He stood near the dresser, eyes darting—not in panic, but like he was looking for something to anchor himself to. His fingers worried the hem of his sleeve. His shoulders were hunched, defensive, vulnerable despite the width of them.

His eyes—dark in this light, wide and glassy—looked almost wet. Puppyish. Devastating.

“I heard you,” you said quietly. “Last night.”

He stiffened.

“I didn’t mean to,” you added. “I just…couldn’t sleep.”

His jaw flexed. His throat bobbed. He didn’t look at you.

“You were speaking in another language.”

“Gaelic,” he muttered, almost like he was ashamed of it. “From…before.”

“Before what?”

He didn’t answer. Instead, he stepped closer. His hand twitched at his side.

“I didn’t know I was talkin’,” he said. “I don’t—usually.”

“You sounded upset.”

“I was.”

You waited.

Then, just above a whisper:

“I was dreamin’ of you.”

The room tilted. Your breath caught.

He raised his eyes then—still that soft, drowning dark, still wide like he wasn’t sure if he was allowed to say your name, let alone admit this.

“I know it ain’t right,” he murmured, voice hoarse, almost breaking. “But I’ve been here so long. Been quiet so long. And then you—” His breath hitched. “You come in here like you’re made of light. Like you belong. And I don’t know what to do with that.”

You stood slowly.

He didn’t move. He watched you with that same broken hunger, like he’d already decided you were too good for him, but couldn’t stop himself from needing you anyway.

“You’re shaking,” you said.

He glanced down. His hands were trembling. You stepped closer. He didn’t flinch this time.

But he didn’t touch you either. Just stood there—shoulders tight, breath shallow, like if he touched you, you’d vanish.

“I ain’t touched anyone in so long,” he whispered. “And I keep thinkin’ about what they said. About me. About my hands. That I ruin things.”

You reached up, slowly, brushing your fingertips just above his collarbone—where the thin gold chain clung to his skin.

He gasped like it burned. You didn’t pull away.

“You didn’t ruin this.”

His eyes fluttered shut. His lip trembled. A sound caught in his throat—half a sob, half a moan—as he leaned forward, forehead just barely grazing yours.

“Tell me not to,” he whispered. “Tell me to leave, and I will. But if you don’t—if you don’t say it—I swear to God, I’m gonna fall to my knees.”

The air between you crackled.

And his voice dropped, Irish blooming up from the roots of him like something ancient and helpless:

“Cuir do lámha orm…ná tabhair uaim thú…”

(Put your hands on me…don’t take yourself away from me…)

You didn’t speak at first. Didn’t move either.

Just breathed—slow and even, like you were the calm center of a storm, and he was every desperate gust of wind trying to press against your skin.

Remmick stood there, trembling. Not from fear. From need. It curled off him like steam, thick and desperate, clinging to the air between you. His pupils were wide, swallowing the color of his irises until they looked nearly black, and his lips parted like he wanted to say more, to beg, to confess—but didn’t know how to start.

You reached for him.

He gasped—actually gasped—when your fingers slid up the open placket of his button-up, brushing the edge of his white ribbed wife-beater. You felt the tremor through him, all the way down. His chest was warm and solid, rising and falling like he was trying not to pant.

Your hands smoothed over his shoulders, palms splaying against the thick muscle hidden beneath soft cotton. And then, softly—gently, like it was a kindness—you pushed him.

He let you.

Without resistance, without question, he backed up until the backs of his knees hit the edge of the bed, and then he sank down like he didn’t know how to carry his own weight anymore. He sat there, breath shallow, eyes wide and wet and locked on you like you were the moon and he hadn’t seen the sky in a hundred years.

You stood between his knees. Tilted his chin up with just two fingers under his jaw.

“Hands to yourself,” you ordered, soft yet firm.

His breath hitched. His fingers dug into the comforter on either side of him, white-knuckled and obedient.

You watched the way he fought his own instinct—fought it like it pained him. He wanted to touch you. God, did he want to. It rolled off him in waves. His thighs were tense, knees spread wide, shirt wrinkled where your hands had touched him. He looked wrecked already.

“Y-you sure?” he asked, voice cracking like shaky glass under the burgeoning weight of desperation.

“I didn’t ask for your hands,” you said. “Not yet.”

His throat bobbed. The gold chain swayed at the base of his throat as he nodded—once, sharp, frantic.

“Okay,” he breathed. “Okay, I—yeah, I can do that. I’ll be good.”

You smiled, slow and soft and wicked.

“I know you will.”

He whimpered. Actually whimpered. A soft, strangled sound pulled from the depths of him, one he didn’t seem prepared for.

His hair had fallen over his brow again, mussed and curling faintly with sweat at his temples. You brushed it back, deliberately slow. He didn’t lean into the touch—he melted under it. His lashes fluttered. His lips parted.

“You’ve really gone this long?” you murmured, thumb stroking the sharp line of his trembling cheekbone.

His voice was barely audible.

“Thirteen hundred years.”

You blinked. He looked away, ashamed.

“I feed when I have to,” he said, “but touch? Mouths? Skin? That kinda closeness?” He shook his head, jaw tight. “Not since—fuck. Before the plague hit London.”

You stared at him, stunned.

“You’re starved.”

He looked back at you with those wide, dark, pleading eyes, red bleeding into his pupils like a fresh laceration, like a man who's learned to lick his wounds clean in silence finally cracking open wide and letting you see the most vulnerable parts of him.

“I’m starvin’.”

You nodded, slow and understanding, letting your hand fall away from his face.

“Then sit still, Remmick,” you murmured, hushed, like you were afraid to shatter the silence. “And let me feed you.”

His breath shuddered out of him like you’d punched it from his lungs. His hands curled tighter in the sheets. His voice was hoarse, shaking, with the faintest Irish crack as he whispered:

“A ghrá…táim i do lámha…”

(My love…I’m in your hands…)

You stayed standing between his knees, just looking at him, because even if you didn't know what those words meant, you could feel them carve into your soul like a brand.

And Remmick—God help him—let you. Didn’t dare breathe too deep, didn’t dare move a single muscle. He was shaking with it. With restraint. With want. With that terrible, ancient hunger not just for blood, but for closeness, for skin-on-skin, for the obscene luxury of being touched.

Your fingers reached for him. He twitched.

Not in fear. In anticipation. His lips parted, a fine strand of spit hanging off one corner, catching in the gold glow of the hallway light behind you. It glistened, trailing down toward his chin before pooling at the dip beneath his lower lip—thick, warm, a little foamy, and wholly instinctual. His breath came in short, shallow bursts now, as if his body was preparing for something it didn’t fully understand.

You slid his suspenders off the broad slope of his shoulders first, snapping one against his pec, feeling arousal pool into your cunt like molten hot lava when he whimpers at the pleasant sting of it, letting the thin scraps of fabric fall down beside his hips.

Then you undid the first button of his shirt. Then the next. And the next. Slow. Deliberate. Never breaking eye contact.

Remmick’s eyes were huge in the dark—dark and shiny, wide like a dog waiting to be called forward, like he’d sink his teeth into the floor just for a word from you. Sweat pearled at his temples. His thighs spread slightly wider beneath you as the shirt parted open.

His chest was beautiful. Scarred, but beautiful—pale muscle threaded with faint blue veins, the sort that spoke of long nights and longer hunger. His skin was cool beneath your fingertips, though you could feel the heat roiling beneath it, just under the surface.

But what drew your eye—what made you pause—was the tattoo.

On his left ribcage, inked into him like a brand, was a budded cross—old, faded, the lines a little blurred from age but unmistakable. A Christian cross, yes—but older, rougher, like it had been carved into him by a trembling hand in candlelight.

You stared.

He followed your gaze, and his throat worked, the motion making his chain jump slightly against his collarbones.

“I got that when I still thought it’d save me,” he whispered, voice tight.

You dropped to your knees. He whimpered.

No contact yet—just the sound of your body lowering between his thighs, the shift in the room, the weight of your presence pressing into the cradle of his hips. He tipped his head back against the edge of the bed, more thick drool sliding from the corner of his mouth, breath now shallow, frantic, like he was trying not to choke on his own spit.

You leaned forward. Pressed your mouth to the edge of the cross.

He hissed.

You kissed it. Then licked—tongue flattening over the cool ink, tracing it reverently, slowly. He trembled beneath you like a man being sanctified and defiled all at once.

The irony rolled off your tongue with every stroke.

A man like this—older than gunpowder, older than the books that tried to define him—wearing a cross close to his heart like it still meant salvation.

You dragged your lips lower.

Down his ribs. Over the ridges of muscle. To the soft trail of hair starting just below his navel—a dark, fine line that disappeared beneath the waistband of his jeans.

You licked that too. Just once. Teasing.

Following the path slowly, like you were on your knees at an altar, taking your time with worship. His happy trail twitched under your tongue.

Above you, Remmick made a noise that wasn’t a moan or a sob but something shattered between the two.

More drool slipped from his lips now—foamy, thick, sliding down his chin, catching on the curve of his neck and the edge of that trembling gold chain. He didn’t wipe it. Couldn’t. You’d told him not to touch.

His voice broke apart.

“I c-can’t take it,” he choked. “I swear to God, I’m gonna come just from you lookin’ at me like that—just from that tongue—fuck, darlin’, please.”

You looked up at him.

Still on your knees. Still reverent. And said, with quiet finality, “Good.”

You reached for his belt.

His breath caught—sharply, like the sound a deer makes when it hears the snap of a twig too close behind it. But he didn’t move. Didn’t flinch. Just stared down at you with those wide, wet eyes, black in the low light, pupils blown to the edge. His chest rose and fell like he was sprinting through mud.

The leather was worn, soft from age and use, the buckle cool in your fingers.

You took your time.

Slowly, purposefully, you undid the clasp, the soft clink of metal loud in the hush of the room. He whimpered, his thighs tensing beneath you, and more drool spilled from the corner of his mouth—thick, glistening, sliding down his chin

“Stay still,” you reminded him, voice silk-wrapped steel.

He nodded, a jerky, miserable little movement, and you swore his lower lip quivered. You dragged the zipper down, each tooth catching slightly, the sound sharp and intimate.

And then—finally—you pulled him free.

Your breath hitched.

He was hard. Painfully so. Flushed deep red at the tip, already leaking, the slit glossy and wet. He twitched in your hand, a thick vein pulsing along the underside, and his thighs quivered like he could barely keep himself grounded.

“Jesus,” you whispered.

Remmick gave a breathless, broken laugh, chin tilted back as he struggled not to move. His hands were fists in the sheets now, white-knuckled, his gold chain trembling across his throat with every shallow breath.

“I—fuck, I’m sorry,” he gasped. “I can’t stop—fuck, it’s so much—”

You looked up at him as you gave him the first stroke.

Just one.

Slow.

Base to tip, twisting your palm, watching his mouth fall open wider—thick drool spilling freely now, down his neck, dampening the edge of his shirt. He looked utterly destroyed already.

“Does it feel good?” you asked, your voice soft, cruel with how gently you said it.

He nodded frantically.

“Use your words.”

His head lolled forward. His voice was wrecked. “Feels like heaven,” he groaned. “Oh God, sugar, I cain’t—I cain’t believe—”

You didn’t let him finish.

You leaned forward, licking up the length of him, tongue flat, slow, letting his taste settle warm and heavy on your tongue—salt and skin and something a little coppery, something distinctly him, something old. He sobbed. Actually sobbed, chest hiccuping, thighs jerking just slightly before he caught himself and moaned through clenched teeth.

Your mouth wrapped around the head. He cried out.

No words now. Just a strangled sound ripped from his throat, and more drool frothed at the corners of his lips. He looked dazed—eyes rolling back, lashes fluttering. His hips bucked once—a reflex—and immediately stilled like he was terrified to move again without permission.

You pulled back just enough to speak, saliva stringing between your lips and his flushed cock.

“I told you,” you whispered. “Hands to yourself.”

His voice came out wrecked, breathless.

“Yes, ma’am.”

Then your mouth was back on him.

You took him deeper this time—slow, tight suction, twisting your wrist around what you couldn’t take yet—and the way he howled, you’d have thought he’d been starved in every way a man could be. Which, of course, he had. Thirteen hundred years of this. Denied. Suppressed. Begged away.

His thighs trembled. His belly tensed. And still he didn’t move. Didn’t touch. Didn’t dare.

You sucked harder.

He broke.

“Fuck—fuck, I’m gonna—darlin’, I—I can’t—oh, please, please, I’m so sorry—”

He was crying.

Not just drool now—actual tears, shining in his lashes, streaking down his flushed face as you sucked him through it, as he jerked and shook and whimpered out your name like it was a hymn.

He came with a sob, hips barely stuttering forward as his whole body went taut, his cock pulsing against your tongue, spilling hot down your throat in waves, thick and heavy and so much you almost gagged on it.

He was loud.

Pathetic.

Perfect.

When you finally pulled off, he was slumped forward—a wrecked, shivering mess, his lips bitten red and his chain soaked through with spit and sweat. His chest heaved. His thighs twitched.

You sat back on your heels, wiped your mouth slowly.

“Still with me?” you asked.

He nodded, weakly. “I ain’t ever lettin’ you leave.”

He collapsed.

Not fell—melted. Like every bone in him had turned to syrup and grief, his body slumping forward, catching on the edge of the bed before slipping down to the floor.

Boneless.

His cheek pressed to the old wood, hair clinging to his forehead, the buttons of his half-undone shirt twisted beneath him. He was drenched—sweat slicked across his chest and ribs, his pale skin kissed pink from effort, a shine of drool still slicking his chin, clinging to the corners of his mouth like foam. His gold chain was crooked now, stuck against the sweat-damp hollow of his throat.

You rose slowly to your knees, then leaned forward—not to comfort him, not yet—but to press your lips to that chain.

Right at the dip of his collarbones. He gasped. Like it burned. Like your mouth was fire and he’d been craving the flame.

His eyes fluttered open—glass-wet, dazed, the whites shot red, his lips trembling from overstimulation. He looked wrecked. Used. Holy.

And still. Still, he tried.

One shaking hand rose, dragging along the edge of your thigh—hesitant, aching, reverent. His fingers brushed your hip like he was praying through it.

“Lemme touch you,” he breathed. “Please. Let me—wanna make you feel good—want your taste on my tongue, sugar, please—”

You caught his wrist mid-rise. Firm. Final. His breath hitched. His mouth parted. But he didn’t resist. Didn’t fight. You leaned in close, until your mouth was at his ear, and whispered—

“You don’t get to yet.”

His eyes fluttered. His breath caught.

“You’re gonna learn to wait.”

A tremble rolled through him, from head to toe. His hand fell away, limp at his side. And then he nodded.

Small. Shaky. Utterly obedient.

“Yes, ma’am,” he breathed. “I’ll wait. I’ll wait, I swear.”

You ran your fingers through his hair, gently now, and he whimpered at the touch.

“Look at you,” you murmured.

He did. Glassy-eyed. Pathetic. So fucking into it.

His tongue darted out across his lower lip, catching more of the drool clinging there, and he looked at you like he’d fall on his knees all over again if you so much as told him to.

“Did I do good?” he asked, voice so small, so needy it nearly broke something open in your chest.

You smiled.

And whispered, “You were perfect.”

He didn’t get up. Didn’t even try.

Just curled in beside your legs like a dog, bare chest heaving, forehead pressed to your knee, as if your body alone could tether him to the earth. His arms folded in at his chest, drawn tight like he didn’t trust them not to reach for you again.

You stayed still. Let him have it. Let him exist in the aftermath—his breath still catching, his sweat-soaked hair plastered to his brow, drool drying tacky at the corners of his mouth, his jeans half undone around his hips, completely forgotten. He looked small down there, despite the size of him. Small and wrecked.

He murmured against your thigh—words so soft you almost missed them, lips brushing the fabric of your skirt like a confession:

“Didn’t know it could feel like that…”

You glanced down.

His eyes were closed, lashes wet. His lips parted as he pressed the side of his face closer to your leg, as if nearness was the only thing keeping him from coming apart again.

“Didn’t know I could feel like that.”

You stroked his hair gently. He shivered.

“I ain’t been held like this since…” He swallowed. “Since before.”

You waited. Then, with a sigh that hitched in his throat, he said:

“Before I stopped bein’ a man and started bein’ a thing.”

Your fingers paused at his temple.

But he nuzzled into your knee like he hadn’t said something awful. Like he hadn’t peeled that truth out of himself and bled it onto your lap.

“I remember what it was like,” he whispered. “Before I turned. Before the hunger. Before all that silence got in me and stayed.”

Another pause.

“I used to think about what it’d be like, y’know? Fallin’ apart for someone. Just crackin’ open. Bein’ touched like I was human.”

He sighed again.

“Didn’t think it’d ever happen.”

Your hand returned to his hair, soft strokes over the messy bangs sticking to his forehead.

He let out a low, contented whine.

“Felt you on my tongue before I ever tasted you,” he breathed, voice thick and syrup-slow. “In my dreams. In my fuckin’ bones.”

His fingers brushed the floor. Not reaching. Just hovering.

“Tell me you won’t go,” he whispered.

You didn’t say anything. But you didn’t move. And that was enough.

He breathed deep then, nose brushing your thigh, the gold chain glinting dully in the light. His body slackened further, weight pooling against you like he meant to stay right there forever—a crumpled thing collared in sweat, salt, and shame, held together only by the sound of your breath and the soft drag of your fingers through his hair.

“I’m ruined now,” he said sleepily. “You know that, don’t you?”

You smiled faintly.

“Good.”

He whimpered again. A sound so low and lovely it curled down your spine and planted itself deep in your stomach.

And then he sighed—the sound of someone finally coming home—and nuzzled in deeper at your thigh.

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Zero Trust Security: Strengthening Data Protection Strategies

Zero Trust Security: A Paradigm Shift in Cybersecurity

Enhance your cybersecurity posture with Zero Trust Security. Learn about its principles, benefits, and implementation strategies for proactive defense against evolving cyber threats.

Zero Trust Security has emerged as a groundbreaking approach in the realm of cybersecurity, challenging conventional notions of perimeter-based protection. In today's dynamic threat landscape, organizations are compelled to reevaluate their security strategies, prompting a paradigm shift towards a more proactive and adaptive defense mechanism.

Understanding the Concept of Zero Trust

Contrary to traditional security models that operate on the assumption of trust within the network perimeter, Zero Trust advocates for a skeptical approach. It mandates continuous verification of every user, device, and application attempting to access the network, regardless of their location or origin.

Principles of Zero Trust Security

The fundamental principles of Zero Trust revolve around the principles of least privilege, micro-segmentation, and strict access controls. By enforcing granular access policies and segmenting network resources, organizations can minimize the attack surface and mitigate the risk of lateral movement by malicious actors.

Implementation of Zero Trust Architecture

Implementing Zero Trust Architecture entails a holistic approach encompassing network segmentation, identity verification, and behavior analysis. Leveraging advanced technologies such as multifactor authentication (MFA) and encryption, organizations can establish a Zero Trust perimeter that adapts to evolving threats in real-time.

Benefits of Zero Trust Security

The adoption of Zero Trust Security yields manifold benefits, including enhanced threat visibility, improved compliance adherence, and reduced susceptibility to data breaches. By assuming a zero-trust stance, organizations can fortify their defense posture and safeguard critical assets from internal and external threats.

Challenges in Adopting Zero Trust Model

Despite its transformative potential, the adoption of Zero Trust poses several challenges, including complexity in implementation, legacy infrastructure constraints, and cultural resistance. Overcoming these hurdles requires a concerted effort, coupled with a strategic roadmap tailored to the organization's unique requirements.

Key Components of Zero Trust Framework

The Zero Trust framework comprises several key components, including continuous authentication, real-time threat intelligence, and adaptive access controls. By integrating these components into the security infrastructure, organizations can establish a dynamic defense ecosystem capable of thwarting sophisticated cyber threats.

Real-World Examples of Zero Trust Implementation

Numerous organizations across diverse industries have embraced Zero Trust Security to fortify their digital resilience and protect sensitive data assets. Case studies highlighting successful Zero Trust deployments underscore its efficacy in mitigating emerging cyber risks and preserving business continuity.

Zero Trust vs. Traditional Security Models

In contrast to traditional security models characterized by perimeter-centric defenses, Zero Trust embodies a proactive and context-aware approach. By scrutinizing every transaction and user interaction, Zero Trust mitigates the risk of insider threats and lateral movement, thereby enhancing overall security posture.

Importance of Identity and Access Management (IAM) in Zero Trust

Identity and Access Management (IAM) serve as the cornerstone of Zero Trust Security, facilitating secure authentication and authorization processes. By implementing robust IAM protocols, organizations can ascertain the legitimacy of user identities and enforce granular access controls across heterogeneous environments.

Zero Trust in Cloud Environments

Cloud environments represent a prime target for cyber adversaries, necessitating a Zero Trust approach to mitigate inherent risks. By implementing cloud-native security solutions and leveraging Zero Trust principles, organizations can mitigate data exposure risks and safeguard cloud workloads from unauthorized access.

Best Practices for Implementing Zero Trust Security

Successful implementation of Zero Trust necessitates adherence to best practices encompassing network segmentation, endpoint protection, and user behavior analytics. By embracing a Zero Trust mindset and fostering a culture of security awareness, organizations can bolster their cyber resilience and adapt to evolving threats.

Future Trends and Evolution of Zero Trust

The evolution of Zero Trust Security is marked by advancements in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and predictive analytics. As organizations embrace Zero Trust as a foundational principle, the paradigm will continue to evolve, ushering in a new era of proactive and adaptive cybersecurity defenses.

Conclusion: Embracing Zero Trust for Enhanced Security

In conclusion, Zero Trust Security represents a paradigm shift in cybersecurity, emphasizing the importance of continuous verification and strict access controls. By adopting Zero Trust principles, organizations can fortify their defense posture, mitigate emerging threats, and safeguard critical assets against evolving cyber risks.

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Cloud-Based vs On-Premise Access Control Systems: Pros and Cons

In today’s security - conscious world, access control systems have evolved from basic keycard readers to sophisticated, integrated platforms that secure buildings, track user behavior, and provide data insights in real-time. One of the most critical decisions businesses now face when deploying an access control system is choosing between cloud-based access control and traditional on-premise systems.

Both options offer unique benefits and limitations. Understanding these differences can help businesses make an informed choice that aligns with their operational needs, budget, and future growth plans. In this article, we explore the pros and cons of both models - and why more companies are leaning toward cloud-based access control for a smarter, scalable solution.

What Is On-Premise Access Control?

An on-premise access control system is hosted locally on a server within the business premises. All access data, user credentials, and software updates are managed in-house by the IT or security team. These systems typically rely on local hardware infrastructure and are often preferred by organizations that want complete control over their data and operations.

Pros of On-Premise Access Control

Data Control Businesses retain full ownership of their data and system infrastructure. Sensitive information remains within the organization's physical walls, which is a key concern for industries with strict compliance requirements.

No Internet Dependency On-premise systems can function independently of the internet, which may be a benefit for facilities in remote areas or in scenarios where uptime is critical.

Customization With local hosting, companies can tailor the software and integrations according to very specific or legacy requirements, often making it easier to interface with older infrastructure.

Cons of On-Premise Access Control

High Initial Costs Implementing an on-premise solution requires significant upfront investment in hardware, servers, software licenses, and IT personnel to maintain the system.

Limited Scalability Expanding the system to new locations or users often involves physical installations and manual configuration, making it less agile for fast-growing businesses.

Manual Updates and Maintenance All software patches, firmware updates, and system troubleshooting must be handled in-house, potentially leading to delays in updates and increased system vulnerabilities.

What Is Cloud-Based Access Control?

Cloud-based access control systems use a cloud-hosted server to store and manage all data. Users and administrators access the platform via a secure web interface or mobile app. These systems are designed to be flexible, scalable, and manageable from any location.

Cloud-based access systems like those provided by Spintly have surged in popularity, particularly among modern enterprises and multi-location businesses looking to reduce IT complexity while enhancing user experience.

Pros of Cloud-Based Access Control

Remote Management Admins can manage user permissions, monitor activity, and receive alerts from anywhere in the world. This is ideal for companies with distributed teams or multi-site operations.

Scalability and Flexibility Adding new users, devices, or locations is seamless. Cloud-based systems are designed for fast scaling with minimal physical infrastructure changes.

Cost-Efficiency With a subscription-based model, businesses avoid heavy upfront costs. Maintenance, software updates, and storage are handled by the provider, reducing internal IT burden.

Real-Time Data and Analytics Cloud systems deliver real-time access logs, user behavior analytics, and security alerts—enabling proactive decision-making and incident response.

Integration Ready Cloud platforms are built for integration. They easily connect with other cloud-based applications like HRMS, visitor management, video surveillance, and time tracking systems.

Spintly, for instance, offers a truly wireless, smartphone-based, and cloud-connected access control system that seamlessly blends into smart building ecosystems. It eliminates the need for keycards or biometric scanners tied to fixed locations - turning your phone into a secure digital credential.

Cons of Cloud-Based Access Control

Internet Dependency Since these systems rely on the internet, outages can potentially disrupt access. However, most providers, including Spintly, build in offline modes or local caching to prevent downtime.

Perceived Security Risks Although cloud systems follow strict encryption and compliance protocols, some organizations worry about hosting sensitive access data offsite. However, with robust end-to-end encryption and cloud security best practices, these risks are often overstated.

Recurring Costs While initial costs are lower, cloud systems operate on a subscription model. Over time, the total cost of ownership can be higher depending on system scale and features.

Choosing the Right Option for Your Business

The decision between cloud-based and on-premise access control ultimately depends on your organization’s specific needs.

Choose On-Premise If:

You require complete local control over data due to compliance.

Your IT team is equipped to manage and maintain complex systems.

You operate in a location with limited or unreliable internet access.

Choose Cloud-Based If:

You need flexibility, scalability, and remote access.

You operate across multiple locations or support hybrid workforces.

You want a cost-effective solution with minimal IT overhead.

You're planning to integrate access control with other cloud systems.

Industry Trends: The Shift to the Cloud

Across industries - from tech startups to co-working spaces, schools, and manufacturing plants - the shift toward cloud-based access control is gaining momentum. The pandemic accelerated this trend, with businesses prioritizing remote access, touchless entry, and smart building integrations. Cloud systems enable this level of agility and control without requiring extensive infrastructure or support.

Companies like Spintly are at the forefront of this transformation. Their cloud-based platform not only simplifies access control through smartphone credentials and mobile management but also integrates with other smart building technologies to deliver a unified security and operations solution. With a focus on zero-hardware dependency, Spintly allows organizations to modernize faster and with fewer constraints.

Conclusion

When it comes to securing your space and managing who gets in (and when), the system you choose matters. On-premise access control systems offer familiarity and direct control, but their rigidity and cost can be limiting. Cloud-based access control, on the other hand, offers unmatched flexibility, real-time insights, and easy scalability—especially vital in a world where agility is key.

As digital transformation reshapes building security, forward-thinking businesses are adopting cloud solutions not just for convenience but for future readiness. If you’re looking to make the switch or upgrade your access control infrastructure, Spintly provides a modern, mobile-first, and scalable option that’s trusted by enterprises across sectors.

Secure, smart, and seamless - cloud is the future of access control