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March 2025 Wrap Up--

March was probably the hardest month I've ever had so recapping the books I read during the month feels weird. I've been struggling with grief so, while I did read the books I said I was going to read, I found it really hard to read this month. What I was reading didn't always catch my attention and it would take a lot for me to even pick up a book in the first place. To be frank, I'm still struggling a lot emotionally and with reading. I feel like I'm in some bizarre world where there's a cloud of grief blocking out the real world that I'm supposed to be getting back to. But let's see what I read and how I rated those books.
Comics/Graphic Novels--
Short Stories/Novellas--
Novels-- 1. Archer by Rebecca Sharp (Kindle)-- 2.75 stars.
2. Cold Eternity by S.A. Barnes (NetGalley)-- 3.5 stars.
3. Direct Descendant by Tanya Huff (NetGalley)-- 3.25 stars.
4. A Drop of Corruption by Robert Jackson Bennett (NetGalley)-- 4.25 stars.
5. The Long Walk by Stephen King-- 3 stars.
6. Shards of Earth by Adrian Tchaikovsky-- 3.5 stars.
The average star rating for the month was 3.38 stars. I'm hoping I get more in the mood to read in April, but we'll see.
#archer#Rebecca sharp#Dr. Rebecca Sharp#Cold Eternity#S.A. Barnes#Direct Descendant#Tanya Huff#A Drop of Corruption#Robert Jackson Bennett#The Long Walk#Stephen King#Shards of Earth#Adrian Tchaikovsky#books read in 2025#2025 reading challenge#goodreads challenge#goodreads#bookish#booklr#books and reading#grief
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PSA: TO ALL THE SPENCER REID ENTHUSIASTS OUT THERE đ¤
This book âŚ

The main character is based on Spencer, and omg donât get me started on the spice!!
I cannot recommend this book enough! This is why I havenât been updating anything, but I promise to have some stuff out next week!
#Ranger Reynolds#author rebecca sharp#spencer reid smut#doctor spencer reid#dr spencer reid#spencer walter reid#spencer reid#criminal minds evolution#criminal minds#matthew gray gubler#mgg
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March 2025 Deal Announcements
Adult Fiction Lev Rosenâs THE DISASTER GAY DETECTIVE AGENCY, a contemporary humorous mystery, in which a group of queer friends, each a loveable disaster in their own way, accidentally get mixed up in a bewildering murder and must solve it before one of them becomes the next victim, to Jenna Jankowski at Poisoned Pen Press, at auction, in a two-book deal, by Joy Tutela at David Black LiteraryâŚ
#Allison Saft#Bori Cser#Chip Pons#Cole Nicole LeFavour#Dearly Departed#Decomposition Book#Dr. Kirby Conrad#Finn Longman#Grand Chemidlin#Hayley Kiyoko#How She Fell#How to Nonbinary a Language#In the Middle of a Better World#Kai Conradi#Lindsay King-Miller#Patricia Nelson#Rebecca Barrow#Ryan Douglass#Sara van Os#Slashic Horror Press#Susan J. Morris#Tess Sharpe
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Just starting the Reynolds Protective Series by Dr Rebecca Sharp. They're inspired by each male character on Criminal Minds, if anyone needs a book rec
#Reynolds protective series#dr rebecca sharp#ranger#criminal minds#spencer reid#aaron hotchner#Derek Morgan
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Sorry I havenât been super active on here, my year-long hyper fixation on cm/mgg/spencer Reid is kinda fading if im keeping it đŻ. BUTT I just started reading Ranger by Dr. Rebecca Sharp so if anyone wants to give me a spoiler free review lmk. I WILL be updating once I finish it :)

tbh donât know if Iâll ever get back into writing but for now enjoy one of my fav pics
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Iâve never read a book thatâs got me as flustered as Ranger by Dr Rebecca Sharp and its entirely because Ranger is based on Spencer Reid đ
#ranger#dr rebecca sharp#dark romance#spencer reid#Reynolds protective group#reynolds protective series#book girl
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Achilles had his heel. Samson had his hair. Superman had kryptonite. And I... I had Sydney.
Ranger - Dr. Rebecca Sharp
#book#books#booklr#book lover#book quotes#reading#quote#lit#literature#novel#ranger#dr rebecca sharp
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I guess she tried but the MMC just wasnât Reid enough, just when you think heâs going to actually be different from the brothers some kind of slight (and sure later bigger) trouble happens to the FMC and itâs like reading any of the first 3 books again.
The danger the FMCâs end up in is so recycled and regurgitated itâs like an annual disaster in a soap (what thereâs a fire at the bait shop/diner/school in Home and Away? No! But that happened a year agoâŚ)
Anyway I gave it a try and there were some cute / sweet / funny moments but overall it was mid.
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detours in the pursuit of knowledge

Rebecca Chambers x Reader smut mdni wc: ~5.3k i wrote this as a birthday gift to myself and only just now bothered to edit and post it. (my birthday is in january lmfao) sorry for being a munch. (i'm not.)
summary: her interest in you is purely professional. your potential is being squandered under your current advisor. she can help you flourish.
content: professor/student relationship (graduate level), fem reader, rebecca's pov, public sex (rebecca's office), oral sex (rebecca receiving), dry humping, squirting, tit sucking, fingering.
Rebeccaâs read your work. It's good work, but it could be better. She could make it better. Youâve got drive. You're resourceful, sharp - you take instruction well, but you don't need your hand held. Youâre perfect for her. Everything she looks for in a protege wrapped up in a pretty package.Â
The only issue is that youâre locked down by another professor.
It felt skeevy, scheming to steal another professor's graduate student, but in the interest of the professional development of the next generation of scientists, she felt she was justified in poaching you from boring, complacent Dr. Stonebriar. Stonebriar had more assistants that he knew what to do with, anyway. You werenât getting the attention that you needed. Hell, youâd already been pushed into her lab.
She still remembers it - the way you had knocked at her door so timidly, poked your head in like you were afraid sheâd snap at you to get out then and there.
âHi â Dr. Chambers? Do you have a moment?â
Technically, she had been obligated to have a moment. You were in one of her lectures, had every right to show up to her office hours. Even if you hadnât been, she enjoyed talking with students. The look of surprise on your face when she calls you by your name and confirms your class is endearing.
Youâre endearing, she realizes. Thereâs an ease to talking to you despite your obvious nerves. Youâd explained your situation as professionally as you could, and Rebeccaâs soft smile had twisted to something knowing.
âTired of people messing with your stuff, huh?â She cut you off in the middle of your (too polite, too generous) explanation. Relief rounded your shoulders and melted through your formal expression.
âYes,â you sighed, exasperated. âSomeone nearly threw out six months of my work the other day. I had labeled it and everything. Iâm scared someoneâs gonna set me back months. I know itâs a lot to ask, but if you have room in your lab could I move in there?â
How was she supposed to say no to that? She felt your pain. There was nothing worse than people getting their hands all over your work, messing with it- god forbid, throwing it out. The fit she would throw if that happened would have been legendary. From what sheâd seen of your lab habits, the two of you wouldnât clash. There was no harm in helping a student out of a tricky situation.
Sheâd gone so far as to help you move your things over. It was equal parts kindness and nosiness. Sheâd looked over your work as she moved you across the hall, peppering you with questions about your goals, the thought process behind your experiments, what youâd hoped to achieve.
That first day had been enough to pique her interest. Sheâd leaned in to look over your numbers, shoulder brushing against yours, chalked the way your speech had faltered up to nerves. You held your own. That frightened little lamb look youâd first rolled into her office with was nowhere to be seen once you started talking science. You were quick, considering her questions fully before you answered.
She didn't normally take on graduate students. She was picky. It was a lot of time and energy to invest into someone when you did it right. She had to make certain that you were worth it, that you were cut out for this. Your work was solid. No doubt about it.Â
A month into sharing a lab with you and she was sure of your character as well. What sheâd initially interpreted as an almost pathological need to people please had given way to consideration. Sheâd only been ready to steal you away once youâd stood up for yourself, defended your process to her when she had poked holes at every turn.
She was sold on you for certain when she had eviscerated your thesis (per your request) and your only reaction had been to ask her to repeat that last part verbatim, that you hadnât quite gotten it down yet. The awkwardness that would linger after a critique was absent. Youâd taken it in stride, took note of her remarks, and asked what her weekend plans were.
You flourished with attention. Even the small things made you light up. For the first few weeks sheâd been carefully plotting her lab time around yours, trying to ensure you stayed out of each otherâs way. That quickly fell by the wayside. It was natural to be next to you. There was a familiarity in dancing around each other. A hand between your shoulder blades as she passed behind you, your knuckles ghosting against her hip to draw her attention - normal. All of it.
One day youâd showed up to lab with two coffees in hand. Rebecca had flitted over to you, hand hovering back and forth between the cups.
âWhich one is which?â
âTheyâre both the same,â youâd shrugged. âI wanted to see what all the fuss was about.â
There it is again - so endearing. Her stomach flips. Just happy to have coffee, sheâs sure. She takes a cup in hand with a satisfied smile, eyes gleaming behind her glasses. She waits for you to take yours, to join her.
Your face pinches on the first sip. You try to keep it together. Bless your cute little heart. Rebecca giggles.
âSo?â
âThatâs sweet,â you say, diplomatic. âReally sweet.â
Her giggle blooms into a laugh. She drops onto her stool, spins full circle, head tipped back.
âYou donât have to finish it.â
âNo, no â I didnât say it was bad.â
âJust sweet.â
âYeah.â
âReally sweet.â
âLike, an above average amount.â
She picks you up your normal beverage on her way back from lunch. You pass her the remains of your sugary coffee and gulp mouthfuls of your new drink, throat bobbing.
Yeah. Youâre gonna be hers.

Rebecca has her plan outlined. Your future could be secure in her hands. Stonebriar might have a contact with the CDC, but does he work directly with the BSAA? No. Of course he doesn't. He hasn't done anything close to cutting edge since the 80's. Stonebriar is riding that tenure til he keels over.
But not her. Rebecca could get you on the ground floor for some of the most advanced research in the country. Sheâs fully prepared, even in the case you gave her the bleeding heart response - I have a moral opposition to working under military contractors, Dr. Chambers. No problem. It wasnât like she was pushing you to work with Lockheed Martin. If the BSAA wasn't your style, she already had TerraSave in her pocket.
Her plan is set. She knows your skill set, your interests, has tailored her speech to show you how she could help you grow. The real catalyst behind all of this is fear. Youâre too trusting. Sheâd realized it quickly. The wrong mentor would slap their name on top of your work without a second thought. Sheâs protecting you. Thatâs all.
âCould you hang back for a minute?â Rebecca asks, catching you before you can slip into the stream of students flowing out of the lecture hall. She doesnât look up from her computer, logging her last few notes from her lecture. Donât screw this up, she tells herself. Keep it cool. Remember your talking points, Rebecca.
You toddle right up to her podium, hand tucked into the pocket of your jeans, thumb curled through your belt loop. Casual with her in a way that had been absent at the beginning of the semester.
âWhatâs up?â You chirp.
You keep looking at her with those big eyes and she keeps staring. She must not be smiling - you shift your weight from foot to foot, lean a little closer.
âWould you ever consider switching advisors?â She blurts out, her plan burning in her hands.
âOh, for sure.â
âI know that itâs asking a lot.â
âDr. Stonebriar is a nice guy and all butââ
Rebecca holds up a hand, trying to catch up. âHang onâ did you say yes already?â
You tip your head to the side. âYeah. I can be yours, right?â
A thrill rattles up her spine. You shouldnât have said it like that. Her thoughts skid to a stop, veer down some forbidden side street. Not going there. She turns that car right around, puts it back on the tracks. She steps around the podium. Keep it cool. Keep it professional.
âYouâre already in my lab,â she says. âLetâs make it official.â

Rebecca doesn't know how you got here.Â
Physically, yes, she knew the path that you took. She's certain you came in through the back entrance like you usually did. You would skip the elevator because it was slower than just walking to the second floor and you would trot up the stairs and around the winding hall until you got to her office, where you would knock twice for courtesy, peek through the little slat of a window, and badge your way inside. You're a creature of habit. It's endearing, if not predictable.
But sheâs not sure how you got here, on your knees in the middle of her office, voice muffled by her cunt. She doesn't have the sense to feel bad about it, not with the way you press your fingers inside of her, slow and deep. She stuffs a fist into her mouth, leaving half-circles in her skin and still her noises slip out.
You reach up, hand tugging at her wrist. Your eyes are glued to her face, tongue laving over her in broad swipes, lips closing around her clit to suckle. Her body twists into a throb of pleasure. Her hips jut against your face, your moan vibrating through her pussy. She buries a hand in your hair, tells herself not to pull - and in her desperation not to, she pets over your hair awkwardly, stilted and too fast. You smile against her, tongue curling and eyes crinkling. Finally, you've managed to pry her hand away from her mouth and the exaggerated, high-pitched 'oh god' that floats out of her when her head arches backwards only seems to spur you.
âMy neck hurts,â you mumble, and she wishes that she cared. Her hand wraps around the base of your skull, urges you back to her pussy. Your breath fans over her when you laugh, close enough to her that your nose rubs against her clit when you shake your head.
You shuffle on your knees, wedging her backwards. Thereâs not far to go, but her pants around her ankles have her making shuffling baby steps. The small of her back hits her desk and she hoists herself onto it. She doesn't need to be directed to throw her legs over your shoulder. It takes a moment, quiet giggling while you figure out the right angles. Her hips shift down, you hunker a little lower, head twisted at an awkward angle - but when your mouth is on her again, her arms shake.
How is she supposed to keep herself sitting up when you're going at her like that? She can hardly believe those sounds are coming from her body, the obscene slurping from your mouth has to be exaggerated.
Her hands paw at your hair, tugging and pushing, canât figure out whether she wants you closer or whether itâs all too much. You nuzzle closer, burying your nose into her, your hands wrapped around the tops of her thighs to lock her in place.
âI'm gonna ââ Her hips rock against your face, grinding her clit against your nose.
âGonna what? Cum on my face?â
You suckle her clit again, swirling your tongue just to feel the scrape of her nails against your scalp. Rebecca whines. Her hands clasp around your head, keep you held just where you are as her body flops back against her desk. Back arched, pussy clenching, heartbeat in her clit. She cums when you plunge your fingers back into her, when she grinds her clit against your nose, when you moan into her cunt.
Rebecca bites down on her moan, keeps it locked behind clenched teeth while she writhes through the pleasure. Electricity in her veins makes her fist a hand in your hair, yanking you close, suffocating you and she swears to god she heard you whimper.
The pleasure seesaws back to too much, all that fire in her veins suddenly singing her nerves. The same hand that sealed your mouth against her pussy urges you back, fingers trembling.
âSorry, sorry,â she pants, hand stroking your cheek in apology.
You didnât say a word. Her legs hung limply at your shoulders. You caressed her calf softly, the wetness of your hand not lost to her even when sheâs coming back to her senses. Had she cum all down your forearm? Jesus, that makes her thighs twitch.
Rebecca props herself up on her elbows. She looks down at you just in time to catch you swirling your tongue around your lips, savoring every taste of her. Your hand loops up to your mouth and you lick at your palm - a flat, broad swipe that she can feel the ghost of against her pussy, that makes her clench against phantom sensation.
She shuffled off her desk and you stayed on your knees, hand stroking her pale thigh. She doesn't know whether to apologize or to kick you out, but you laugh like you're pussy drunk, your nose crinkling. It turns into a snort. She wants to be annoyed, disgusted, anything to distance herself from you - but it's cute. You're cute. Has she always thought you were cute, ever since you walked into her office? Was it attraction, not ambition that had led her down this path?
No. Nope. Donât go there, Rebecca.
"What?" She'd asked, defensive, wishing you'd get off your knees even if the view is pretty from up here.
"You, uh --" Your words bubble with your laughter, eyes narrowed to cute crescents. You massage your thumb into her hip and reach behind her to peel a paper off of her ass.
She's mortified, her face flushing red. She doesn't want to think of the mess that she's made of her desk, usually kept neat and tidy, in and out trays properly stacked now thrown askew.
"It's just Cady's report," you say, skimming the page. "Just toss it, give her a hundred. She needs the bump anyway."
That's so unethical. She takes the paper back from you, and the soiled feeling sinks into her core. This was wrong. All of this was wrong. Rebecca should chide you for being so callous about student work, about their grades - even though you're sort of right. Cady does need the leg up.
Rebecca sets it back on her desk. She shakes her head.
"That shouldn't have happened."
That gets you up off of your knees. Your smile drops off your face and amongst the shame Rebecca feels a sharp stab of regret. Shit. Shit, shit, shit.
"Right. Yeah. Sorry. I just thought..."
You look at her with those wet puppy dog eyes, and her jaw clenches. She keeps her groan locked behind her teeth. She's immune to these tactics. She knows how to hold her ground. Doesn't mean she doesn't feel guilty. She can tell that you were waiting for her to interject, waiting for her to cut in, hoping for some gentle words.
"It can't happen again. This wasâ inappropriate doesn't even begin to describe whatâ"
There you go again. She's seen that look before when she had been critiquing your proposals, picking at your thesis and poking holes - too soft for it all underneath that cool exterior. She feels like she's reprimanding a puppy, like sheâs got to rub your nose in â nope. Not going there.
Rebecca folds her arms across her chest tightly, tiny tits pressed together. She looks down at herself, only just now realizing that she's still exposed. She huffs, tugging her button-up closed and searching around for her panties. She ducks under her desk to search for them, her knees hitting the cold tile.Â
When she rises, youâre holding something out to her. Her panties, crumpled in your palm, wetâ
Good God, you really are a puppy. She stares for a moment, her body flushed with another wave of heat. Youâd just been rocking against your fist, her panties clenched tight between your fingers the whole time you had your face buried in her pussy?
Why is that making her clit throb again?
âThis canât happen again,â she repeats firmly. She steps back into her panties, your own wetness settling cool against her heated, sensitive cunt. Was she just going to wear these the rest of the day? She should have just put her pants back on, let you keep that as a souvenir. (Jesus - no, not that either. What the hell is wrong with her?)
âIâm sorry.â
âItâs not your fault. I should never have let this go so far.â
âAre you mad?â
Yes. No. Jesus, she canât think when youâre in the same room.
Rebecca fishes your shirt up from the floor, coaxes you to lift your arms and helps you get it back over your head.
âIâll see you tomorrow. Letâs discuss your thesis some more. Maybe in a study room, orâŚâ
The train of thought is clear. Not in her office. Not again, not after this. Sheâs going to be plagued by this memory for a long time. Oh, god, it probably smells like sex in here. Sheâs got more meetings today.
You nod meekly. Itâs the smallest sheâs seen you since you became her assistant. You shuffle out of her office without so much as a wave goodbye.

She can't get it out of her head.
It's a full week later but the image of your lips, shiny with her slick, is burned into her mind. Every time she blinks she's flashbanged by the remembrance of your tongue circling your mouth and chin to lick it all up - to lick her up, your eyes far away, pupils huge. You wipe your mouth with the heel of your hand and then lick that up too, and she crosses one leg over her knee and squeezes.
Itâs enough sensation to make her moan. She drops her forehead against the steering wheel of her car.
This is unbearable. Itâs immature, and she knows it, but sheâs been taking lunch in her car ever since youâd fucked in her office. The tension between the two of you was unbearable. Easy conversation, quiet, giggly gossip, all of it was stilted or non-existent now.
Twenty minutes left in her lunch. She canât live like this anymore. She wants her favorite graduate assistant back. She wants to stop hiding in her car, to stop second guessing every word that comes out of her mouth.
Rebecca scrolls through her contacts until she finds the one person she knows will have lived experience with this sort of thing.
âLeon, hey! Are you busy?â
For her? Never.
She dances around the topic like sheâs meant for it, lobbing prying questions at him until he grows sick of her obvious deflection.
âRebecca,â Leon sighs. âThis is great and all. Why'd you call?â
It all comes spilling out, picked at the scab and it started bleeding.
âI had sex with my graduate assistant,â she says in a rush. âIn my office. On top of lab reports. I had to throw away student work. I couldn't just grade it and give it back to them.â
Silence. Tense, awkward silence. She shouldnât have called. Oh, god, he definitely thinks sheâs a creep and a pervert and heâs going to report her, and â
Leon laughs. Long and loud, like she hasn't heard from him in years.Â
âGood for you.â
âWhatâ Leon! This is serious!â She hisses.
âI am serious.â She can imagine him kicking his boots up on his desk. God, he's unbelievable. âWhat's the big deal? You fucked a grad student. Don't all the professors do that?â
Rebecca stumbles over her words, blubbering for a moment.
âYou watch too much porn.â
âIt beats what I was doing.â
âI can't believe I have to agree with that.â
âIâm serious,â Leon says. âDon't you have tenure? That's basically the same thing as diplomatic immunity.â
âThose aren't even remotely the same. And no, I donât. The âbig dealâ is that itâs wrong. Itâs a total abuse of my position as her advisor.â
âChrist, Rebecca. Sheâs not some undergrad. Youâre not out here banging Freshmen.â
âIâm in a position of authority over her. Sheâs a student.â Rebecca repeats slowly.
Leon must be pinching the bridge of his nose. He takes a moment, lets out a long sigh. It seems to have clicked for him that the purpose of this call is to talk her off the ledge.
He lays it out for her plainly. Check her faculty handbook for potential repercussions, consider finding another member of faculty to take over your advisement if this is something sheâs serious about pursuing. It seems simple when he lays it out like that - but the idea of someone else being your advisor, of packing your things up and moving you out of her lab, makes her sick to her stomach.
Maybe itâs whatâs best. For you. For her. For the both of you.
âHey,â Leon says before she can end the call. âWhy'd you call me?â
âWellâŚâ The truth dies on her tongue. She knows the reason. It just seems so mean to say out loud. âI knew you wouldn't judge me.â
Leon hums. âBecause I have experience fucking people I shouldn't.â
âI didn't say that!â
âDon't have to,â Leon laughs. âAll right, doc. Go get your freak on. Let me know how it goes.â
He hangs up before she can chew him out.
âI never should have called him.â She smiles to herself, tossing her phone back into her purse.

You come to her before she can call you to her. You linger in the doorway of her office.
âI don't like hovering,â she reminds you, her voice sing-song. Your gulp is audible.
âSorry. I just, uhââ You lean out into the hall, glancing around. âThey don't have cameras in the offices, right?â
She can't blame you for asking. She had thought the same thing after your first encounter, had even dug through the faculty handbook and made up excuses to discuss the cameras with maintenance.
What she can blame you for is acting all suspicious in the middle of the day, with students milling about and faculty hosting office hours. Rebecca sighs. Her glasses slip down the bridge of her nose, leaving her to peer at you over the top of them. She doesn't miss the way your eyes flit up from her chest. Christ - you're insatiable. She wants to be exasperated, but her stomach churns with a gush of heat instead.
Rebecca waves you in with a curl of her fingers. You're not having this conversation with the door open. It's like your sense of self-preservation was just completely shot. You nudge the door shut, pointing back at it with a question mark tilt of your head.
âWe should talk.â
You nod stiffly, eyes steeling over. Oh, youâd prepared yourself for this. She knew that look well, the same one youâd get before she would start poking and prodding at your theories. You draw a chair up to her desk. It kills her to see you looking so serious, but this is necessary. You need to clear the air once and for all.
But neither of you know who to speak first. The silence between you grows. Rebeccaâs mind spins with all the things she should say, all the things that she needs to say.
âLetâs find you another advisor.â
Hurt pulls over your features in a flash. Of all the things she could have said, she never should have led with that.
âWhat?â
âItâs for the best.â Shit, she shouldnât have said that either. âIâm notââ
âThis is retaliatory. Itâs bullshit.â
Rebecca fumbles. It is, youâre right, but youâre not supposed to call her on it. Youâre supposed to nod, your brow furrowed, to jot down her observations the way you always do.
âIâm not trying to hurt you,â she counters. She can feel her hackles rise, can feel the defensiveness creeping up.
âWell, you are. I donât want another advisor. I want to talk this out.â
âWe canât.â
âWhy not?â
âBecause it never should have happened in the first place.â
âIt did, though,â you snap. âYou canât just pretend it didnât.â
She can. She can pretend her way through anything. Thatâs how you belong - you pretend until youâve got everyone convinced. Why doesnât it work with you?
âIf itâs going to happen again, then you canât be my graduate assistant.â
Rebeccaâs heart stops. Your shoulders pin back, eyes flitting every which way. She canât believe she said that - you canât believe she did either, clearly. She hates the silence, wishes you would fill it again, wishes for your knuckles against your hip, for you to hum idly, for your little signs of life.
You stand from your chair. Rebecca mimics the movement, hand itching to reach out and catch your wrist, to keep you there. Youâre going to leave, sheâs sure of it. She doesnât care for her reputation, for tenure - sheâs losing you and itâs tearing her apart.
But you reach for her. Your fingers tremble when they trace their way up her arm. She steps around her desk and into you. You dip to kiss her, lips hovering inches from hers. Afraid to close that gap, afraid itâs the wrong thing to do. Maybe it is.
It doesnât feel like it, though. She cranes her head, seals her mouth with yours. The caution gives way to desperation when you realize sheâs not stepping back. Your hands tug at her dress shirt, untuck it from her slacks. You walk her backwards, back towards her desk - and she almost wants to laugh at how youâve gotten this way again.
âNot on the desk.â Rebecca digs her heels in, voice firm. She flattens a palm against the back of your neck and loops a finger through your belt loop, pulling you with her as she navigates around her desk by muscle memory.Â
You trot after her obediently. The moment before she plops into her chair, you catch her wrist. Carefully, you spin your way into her chair. Your hands curl on her hips and drag her to straddle one of your thighs. Her cunt drags against your leg, her toes pointed to the ground. Your hands curl at her hips, moving her back and forth against your leg. Once sheâs found a rhythm on her own, you fumble with the buttons of her shirt.
Rebecca knows thereâs students milling about - itâs not quite after hours. You could get caught at any moment. The other faculty are already gone for the day, but that doesnât mean the risk is zero. It spurs her hips a little faster, excitement pooling in her stomach. Your other leg bounces erratically as you shove her shirt down her arms.Â
Your hands are chilly against her flushed skin but your mouth is warm on her chest. You tug her bra down, push the cups aside just to latch onto her nipple. Your tongue swirls, flicks, teeth scraping experimentally, trying to figure out what will make her arch.
Can she cum like this? Both of you must be wondering. Her breath comes quick, her hips stuttering. No way. Thereâs no way.
Rebecca plants a hand at the base of your neck before you can find out. Proper experimentation can come later. She wobbles off of your leg, trying to ignore the way her pussy is practically dripping.
âWhatâs wrong?â You say, managing to pull your language processing together.
âI want your mouth again,â she pouts.
Sheâs never seen you move so fast. Your hands settle on her hips, flexing impatiently. You whirl her around, settle her into the chair youâd just been in, and crater to your knees. She has half a mind to ask if that hurt, but the scent of your arousal, or hers, or both, has her feeling lightheaded.
âGood girl,â Rebecca breathes out, her head smacking back against her cabinet. Your eager hands wiggle her slacks down. She strokes your hair as you prepare her, adjusting her limbs as needed. Her eyes slip shut, trying to catch her breath before you steal it from her again.
You bury your face between her thighs, nosing a stripe along her panties. Her legs tighten around your head. You lap at her through the cloth, moaning at the faintest taste, your thumbs digging into her hips.
You look up at her, dumb with lust. Youâre pleading to take these off her, to lick your way between her folds. She lifts her hips and you dive in, all the permission you need to rip these off of her. You wad them in your palm, your hand disappearing into your pants. Heat flares through her, need pulsing. Sheâs already wet, already so ready.
Rebecca's fingers grip your hair tight. There's a surprising amount of strength in her hold, keeping you away from her pussy. Itâs torture for the both of you, but the delay, the way youâre looking up at her - fuck, thatâs hot.
She's unrecognizable, looking down her nose at you, pretty pink lips parted slightly. Her grip in your hair slackens and you surge forward.
You lick and such your way into her, hands roaming her skin. Thereâs nothing reserved to your movements, not like the first time. You make out with her pussy, devouring every inch you can reach. Rebecca cries out, high-pitched, needy. She stuffs her fist into her mouth, head smacking back into the cabinets hard. Her stomach spasms, pleasure curling her toes and rippling up through the rest of her body. Your palm splays against her, pats her tummy - the only bit of control, of reasoning that either of you have left.
You flatten your tongue against her and shake your head from side to side. Her back arches, each pass of your tongue stoking the fire in her belly higher. It spreads down her limbs, tingles in her finger tips.
âWait, wait, waitââ Rebecca babbles, tugging your head closer, her hips rutting against your face.Â
The kindling in the pit of her stomach expands, singes through her limbs. She cums, gushing into your mouth, down your chin. Your mouth closes over her, drinking down everything she gives. You keep circling her clit - harder, not faster - pulling everything she has to give from her body until she spasms in her chair, her thighs clamping tightly around your face. Her body curls over you, forearms bracketing your head, muscles twinging.
The come down hits hard. Sheâs pulled muscles she wasnât even sure it was possible to pull. She has got to stop letting you eat her out in these uncomfortable chairs (but itâs hard to argue with results).
Finally, when she manages to pull all her bones back together, she rolls her chair back just enough so sheâs not smothering you. Though from the pitiful look in your eye when she pulls away, from the way your hand reaches out to her, you might have preferred if she didnât.
âDonât make me go.â
Your voice is soft. Rebecca shuts her eyes, allows herself this risky moment of peace. Her hand strokes your forehead gently.
âWeâll work something out,â she concedes.
âReally?â
âYeah. Really.â Itâs not smart. She should be saying no, that this was a mistake again.Â
She canât. You would never forgive her. It really would be exploitative of her to go through all of this, to cum in your mouth and then leave you to find someone else, as if this meant nothing.
âI knew youâd cum around.â
You grin, lips shiny with her cum. Rebecca groans. A joke about throwing you out dies before it leaves her lips. Your tongue laps at your bottom lip, almost shy in the movement. Oh, god - she made the right choice, all right.Â
âDonât make me regret this.â
#rebecca chambers x reader#rebecca chambers x you#rebecca chambers smut#resident evil smut#resident evil x reader#resident evil imagine#lace dividers by @adornedwithlight
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Book Review # 15 of 2025--

Archer by Rebecca Sharp. Rating: 2.75 stars.
Read from February 26th to March 2nd.
This was my March pick for my challenge of trying out different Romance subgenres. This being a bodyguard romance. And I think that the things making this book not work as well for me as it probably does for other has little to nothing to do with the actual bodyguard part of the story. I liked that he was protective of her. I liked that he was worried for her. All of that worked. It's just the general...everything else that made this one not hit for me.
However, to start, let's discuss the things that did work well for me: 1) the Reynolds Protective Group. I love that the brothers are all trained to be bodyguards and work together. I love their whole set up. I also really enjoy their banter and familial relationships. They definitely felt like brothers who take shots at each other but love each other still. 2) the small town. It felt more realistic than a lot of stories set in small towns. Things being shifted from one thing to another because that's just the way life moves. (Example: the old Blockbuster becoming a coffee shop.) The people knowing way too much about your business even if you've never told them anything about it. It all felt real. 3) I even thought the part with Kiera being on the run from the mob was done well which was surprising to me. I didn't love the violent scenes involving the mob just because they felt so over the top. But the part where she was on the run from them and feeling caged in was done really well.
The Alpha-hole of it all. I really enjoyed Archer when he was being protective, but the second he turned controlling I wasn't rooting for him anymore. There were protective moments that I respected and that were done well, but his controlling nature and inability to see what an absolute asshole he was being really pissed me off. I wish one of his brothers had stepped in to tell the guy to calm the fuck down, but no one ever does. He takes her client list and runs a background check on every single person. Which is regarded as a good thing in the end. And the amount of times he just picks her up and moves her around the story is a bit over the top. There are moments when she's recovering from a physical attack and that I can kind of get behind. But just throwing her over his shoulder feels way too 2012. The sex scenes were also part of the ick factor for me. He was too domineering which is just an extension of his real life personality. But there's this whole age gap thing (which was actually fine in the story) that leads to her being a virgin and him practically coveting her virginity which felt so gross. Something about the guy being so obsessed with a character who is so doe eyed and innocent feels really gross to me and is a huge turn off. I ended up skimming most of the sex scenes.
Overall, I don't think Reynolds Protective is going to be a series for me, but I could see myself enjoying the Bodyguard Romance subgenre in the future.
#archer#Reynolds protective#Dr. Rebecca Sharp#Rebecca Sharp#book review#book reviews#booklr#bookblr#bookstagram#bookish#books read in 2025#2025 reading challenge#goodreads challenge#goodreads#book#books#bodyguard romance#body guard romance#romance subgenre
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New Year's Resolutions for Jane Austen Characters (mid-novel) Part 2
George Wickham: Marry a heiress. Stop gambling lol, as if, that's what marrying the heiress is for.
Lady Catherine: Convince Darcy to follow through with his duty and honour of marrying my daughter Anne. Learn pianoforte
William Collins: Continue in the esteem of my patroness, Lady Catherine de Bourgh in order to secure additional livings. My wonderful partner in life joins me in this goal.
Charlotte Collins: Convince husband to spend as much time in the garden as possible. Secure extra livings in order to gain more Mr. Collins-free time.
Georgiana Darcy: Practice harp at 10am sharp every day until fingering improves
Mrs. Jennings: Marry off every eligible girl within sight, beginning with the Miss Dashwoods.
Fanny Dashwood: 1. Suck up to mom to secure inheritance 2. Keep Edward & Elinor apart at all costs, 3. Hang out with this Steele girl to make Elinor jealous
John Willoughby: 1. Marry an heiress before my entire life explodes 2. Worm my way back into Mrs. Smith's good graces. 3. Marianne???
Sir John Middleton: 1. Go hunting 2. Host parties and balls 3. Make sure my tenants in Barton cottage are happy (Not actually goals, just what he does anyway)
Lady Middleton: Maintain the propriety of my great house and title while spoiling my children
John Thorpe: 1. Marry that rich heiress I so cleverly secured 2. Buy and sell horses for extravagant prices 3. Attend Belle & James's wedding (If I have time)
Isabella Thorpe: â¤ď¸â¤ď¸â¤ď¸ Marry Captain Frederick Tilney â¤ď¸â¤ď¸â¤ď¸
Jane Fairfax: *hands back the paper blank and blushes*
Frank Churchill: MARRY THE LOVE OF MY LIFE JANE FAIRFAX um, some girl I know. Don't tell my aunt, please
Mr. Elton & Mrs. Elton: keep being the hottest couple in Highbury *high five*
Dr. Grant: Eat a lot of yummy dinners (same goal since he was born)
Julia Bertram: Catch a better husband than Maria Keep partying with Maria
Mrs. Price: hire better servants, have Rebecca fix that carpet... I really have the worst servants in Portsmouth, it's a tragedy... (we cut off her complaints here)
William Price: MAKE LIEUTENANT
Sir Thomas: Finally figure out how to make Tom stay at home and do his duty as the eldest son. All the other kids are doing very well so I have nothing to improve there.
Sir Walter: There is nothing I would ever change about the amazing person that is myself.
Elizabeth Elliot: Marry Mr. Elliot and reestablish myself as the mistress of Kellynch
Lady Russell: encourage Anne to marry Mr. Elliot, read all new poetry publications
Mr. Elliot: Keep Sir Walter from marrying that vile seductress so I stay in the line of succession
Mrs. Clay: Marry Sir Walter, at all costs
Part 1
#jane austen#mansfield park#pride and prejudice#northanger abbey#sense and sensibility#persuasion#emma#happy new years#new years resolution
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the way i GASPED
book: ranger by dr. rebecca sharp
#criminal minds#spencer reid#doctor spencer reid#doctor reid#criminal minds fandom#pretty boy#book#i'm reading this book asap
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2024 book post
I know I just answered a lot of book asks but, in the tradition of my 2023 book post, here are the best (lots!) and the worst (also lots!) books I read this year
READ THESE BOOKS:
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe - I spend a lot of time thinking about the past. Not my past per se but the invention of the past, the legacy of it, the traditions of memory, how we create the past, how we invoke it, how we justify it, how we transform it into now. That's what this book is really about, via taking a thorough look at the history, wreckage, and legacy of British Imperialism and the IRA on Northern Ireland. Let the dead rise up and speak.
We Keep the Dead Close: A Murder at Harvard and Half a Century of Silence by Becky Cooper - And what if the dead did rise up and speak? Would it matter? Or would we carry on inventing narratives about them to serve our purposes? This book is about the murder of an archaeology doctoral candidate at Harvard in the 1960s; this book is about how to define and interpret the past when the silence is your biggest archive, and the problems that lay within. I loved this book so much. It meanders--let it. I recommend the audiobook. Take a drive.
Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah - where are my disillusioned leftists exhausted by decades of in fighting and ever increasing political stakes? where are my organizers who rally around any cause? where are the people who go watch sports and come away thinking about concussions and race and the economy? where are the people who are seriously for real interested in abolition but want to know what we'll do with rapists and pedophiles and other people they think deserve to be or should be in prison? read this book.
I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai - razor sharp contemporary fiction taking a long, thorough look at true crime. God I have missed books like this--tightly plotted, detailed, using the past to look at the present and the present to look at the past, elegant subplots, an absolute unpredictable domino effect of wonderful sentence after wonderful sentence building into a crescendo. I also love this book taking the salacious appetite we have for true crime and applying them to a fictional narrative that feels so true to life and then turning around and taking the ethical misgivings we have about true crime and exploring that side of it. I also read Makkai's other book, The Great Believers, which is a book about memory and about the aids crisis, and it fucking slapped.
Murderbot series by Martha Wells - I get up, I go to work, I observe the horrors, I think about my favorite tv show to survive the horrors. I'm not an autistic Security android using my favorite space soap opera to get me through dangerous and boring missions investigating mysteries and almost certain death while protecting my friends, arguing with my girlfriend favored allied robot ship, and shoving my drones into people's faces to study their micro expressions but, well, we can't all be perfect. Anyway SecUnit is My Favorite and it should get to have more drones as a little treat.
Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin - Giovanni's Room is your last meal. You know why you're here. We know why you're here. A man will die tonight. It is not the narrator, and that is the cruelest thing about it. David would rather die. But he will live, staring into the window, imagining the last moments of his beloved, and all the while living at a hands length beyond himself, as if removed, as if watching the scene. This is what it means to live in a society where survival means denying your ability to love and feel openly. You are devastated. You are bowled over by god's most perfect sentences. Why are you crying? We have only finished the first chapter. There are 200 pages to go.
Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters - if you like gorgeous prose; people being idiots you will none the less feel deep tenderness towards; drama queens; people trying to figure it out; messy relationships; gossiping with your bestie over brunch; looking back at your youth going jesus christ how did I not know?--read this book.
Ink Blood Sister Scribe by Emma TĂśrz - I just loved this so much. I just. I love lush hyper expressive very descriptive prose. I love beautiful details. I love beauty. I love fantasy and mysteries and painful families of origin. I love that everyone is bisexual. I love when magic is tied to blood, as in, you will bleed for it. I loved this book!!!! I am always happy to see fantasy get the MFA treatment!!!! You can tell this book was revised to within an inch of its life!!!!!
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel - Aren't grizzly bears cute? Also they have been known to kill people, but seriously, so cute, right? I mean they can't kill everyone, just the stupid people, right? So if you're smart about it you're fine. It's fine. Seriously, it's fine. Why are you crying? Anyway this book is for: historical fiction girlies; aspiring screenplay writers; improv fans; lawyers; people who like to shop. I also read Bring Up the Bodies which was a great sequel except that [spoilers]
No Good Men Among the Living by Anand Gopal - this was an incredibly good narrative nonfiction examination of invasion of Afghanistan post 9/11 and how the US just bungled it in every single way possible. I was young when 9/11 happened so I didn't have a great understanding of our foreign policy but this does an amazing job of examining the conflict through the eyes of several people: a taliban commander, a US backed warlord, and a village housewife just trying to survive in the middle of things. God. This book haunts me. I think about it constantly. Gopal is fearless and an amazing writer.
Honorable mentions: Damnation Spring by Ash Davidson, which is about corporate greed, logging, and agent orange (didn't like the ending though), Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe (the tale of the family behind Purdue Pharma. Made my skin crawl.), Funny Story by Emily Henry (girl moves in with the ex of the girl her ex left her for. You'll never guess what happens next), The God of the Woods (girl from a wealthy family who already had one kid vanish vanishes at the summer camp they run. Pandemonium ensues), Starling House (southern gothic fantasy book, crazy good).
books that I didn't vibe with:
The Hunter by Tana French - this was so. Storygraph tells me I took something like 167 days to finish this book (audiobook). That is how bad this book was. Reviews are like omg well it's not a typical mystery but it's an amazing slow burn--NO. No it isn't. A murder mystery is one where the solving of the murder is the entire plot. That is the genre. That is the framework--the purpose--of the book. That is not what this is. And any moral complexity, any character depth, any of that is fucking gone from French's work. Where is the self assuredness of In the Woods? Where is the wrestling with ones conscience? Why is Marv Lavin, who is one of my favorite slippery guys, barely dodgy in this book? God what a disappointment! Fire the editor. Find a new genre. Move on.
Familiar by Leigh Bardugo - look I love Bardugo's work, I do, but the pacing issues are becoming impossible to ignore. It was very noticeable in Hellbent and it hit me in the face in this book. And then the deux ex machina at the end? I mean. Look. This just was not it. Beautiful details though. Very original magic system. There's a lot of good stuff here but structurally? No.
House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J. Maas - *rubs temples* where to start? it's difficult to choose since it was 951 pages. This should have been 2 separate books. I just. 951 pages and I didn't even get elriel crumbs from the fucking cross over event of the SJM cinematic universe!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Anyway I read this, it's not good. There are so many arcs that could span multiple books shoved in here and compressed into one (1) single book. The problem with these very successful famous authors is that no one says no to them. It's troubling. Art has become content.
Winter Lost by Patricia Briggs - lmao. I have been reading this series since high school and that's why I read this. I think I'm done. That's how bad this was. I've never had a plot explained to me by the protagonist so thoroughly instead of getting to discover clues with the protagonist, which is how I thought a mystery was supposed to work. Apparently not.
The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff - I've blogged about this book at length but basically on every single level this was a no for me, and so over hyped
Graveyard of the Pacific + The Man They Wanted Me to Be - two books that supposedly examined toxic masculinity but were actually just memoirs about dudes mixed in with other stuff. For the first book it was the history of the mouth of the columbia river, for the second book it was the trump presidency. Anyway.
okay!!! I also reread the entire Kate Daniels series + all spin offs this year and all Emily Henry Books and started a lot of audiobooks I couldn't focus on because I was having medical issues. What a weird uneven year. Let's do better in 2025.
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The Space Between Hearts
A/N: This is Just the Plot Bunnies I Couldnât Shake. Please Donât Expect Any Kind of Medical Accuracy. This is inspired by House MD & a Film Called Fathers & Daughter (Loosely).
The Space Between Us.
Warnings: Migraines, Medical Talk.
Pairing:Â Spencer Reid x Aubrey Hurst.
Spencer Reid had one persistent, insidious problem: migraines. But his real frustration ran deeper than the searing pain. It was the half-dozen doctors who had repeatedly dismissed his symptoms, each one claiming he was wrong, that grated on him the most.
Thatâs how he found himself sitting stiffly across from Dr. Edwards at St. Charles Medical and Research Hospital. As soon as Spencer stepped into the stark, sterile office, he had already pegged the man as dismissive. He didnât need his finely honed profiling skills to see itâthe doctorâs disinterest was plain in the way he barely glanced up from his files, his fingers absentmindedly drumming on the desk.
âAre you having one of your headaches right now?â Dr. Edwards asked flatly, as if the answer didnât particularly matter.
âNot at the moment,â Spencer replied, his irritation barely concealed.
âAnd when was the last one?â
âTwo days ago.â
The doctor scribbled a note with an almost robotic detachment before glancing up, his eyebrows raised in a half-hearted show of interest. âYou donât think your headaches are psychosomatic?â
Spencerâs jaw clenched. âNo,â he said firmly.
Dr. Edwards barely reacted, his expression remaining passive as he began to close the file in front of him. âHonestly, I think your migraines are stress-related,â he said with an air of finality. âBut Iâll arrange for a consult with the diagnostics team. Stay here.â
Spencer bit back the urge to argue, frustration simmering beneath the surface. It wasnât just that his headacheâthe one that had been steadily building since he stepped off the jetâwas growing more pronounced. The bright, clinical lights overhead felt like needles pressing into his skull, amplifying the pain.
Twenty agonizing minutes passed, and the tension in the room seemed to grow with each passing second. Finally, the door creaked open. But instead of Dr. Edwards returning, two younger doctors entered the room.
The first was a man in his late twenties, with dark hair and a welcoming, unassuming presence. He was of average height, but the ease with which he carried himself gave him an air of quiet confidence. His eyes were observant, yet kind, and he wore a small smile as he stepped forward.
âIâm Dr. Daniel Rhodes,â he said, his voice calm but engaging. âIâm a diagnostic fellow here.â He gestured toward the woman standing beside him.
She was much shorter, standing at barely 5â3â, with striking features that Spencer noted immediately. Dr. Rebecca Langford, a 27-year-old neurology resident, had rich, dark skin and wore her curly hair tied back in a neat high ponytail. Despite her youthful appearance, there was a sharpness in her eyes that suggested she took her work very seriously. Still, her smile was gentle and welcoming as she nodded in acknowledgment.
âWeâre with the Diagnostics Team,â Dr. Rhodes continued, his tone professional yet reassuring. âWeâve reviewed your case, and weâd like to take a closer look at whatâs going on. If youâre ready, we can start now.â
Spencer slowly rose from his seat, his head pounding in rhythm with his quickening heartbeat. There was a flicker of hope in the air, mingled with his frustration. Perhaps, finally, someone would take his pain seriously and stop brushing him off.
Spencer was led to an office that was much bigger and brighter than Dr. Edwardsââwhich felt like it had been stuck in the 70s with its dark wood paneling and outdated decor. This new office, however, was modern and sprawling, technically three rooms separated by glass walls. In the central room, a large table was placed in the middle, surrounded by whiteboards and bookshelves. A young woman sat at the table, surrounded by a clutter of files and medical textbooks. She glanced up briefly when they entered, but quickly returned to her work. Spencerâs eyes wandered toward the back room, which was dim and empty except for the outline of a desk, a computer, and an upright piano that was tucked beneath the window.
Dr. Rhodes led him into the final room, which had a more comfortable, welcoming feel. The walls were a warm cream colour, and the space felt modern and fresh. A patient bed stood at the centre of the room, with a chair and monitoring equipment neatly arranged around it.
âGo ahead and take off your shoes and sit on the bed,â Dr. Rhodes suggested, gently pulling Spencer out of his daze.
âSure,â Spencer replied, slipping out of his shoes and climbing onto the bed.
âIâm going to take some blood while we talk through your medical history,â Dr. Langford added, her voice calm but focused as she prepped the necessary equipment.
For the second time that day, Spencer recounted his medical history. His motherâs condition, the paranoid schizophrenia that had plagued her for as long as he could remember. His own brushes with dangerâthe gunshot wound, the anthrax exposure, and his brief but difficult stint with dilaudid, which made him extremely reluctant to rely on strong painkillers now.
His migraines had started about six months ago, and they had only been getting worse. Initially, he could manage them with over-the-counter pain relievers, but by Christmas, they had stopped working altogether. He had tried to push through the pain, but now it was becoming unbearable.
As Spencer spoke, he noticed that Dr. Rhodes and Dr. Langford were asking far more detailed questions than any of his previous doctors. They didnât just focus on the surface-level details. Instead, they delved deeperâinto his caffeine intake, how much sugar he consumed daily and weekly, his sleeping patterns, and where he lived. They even asked about the type of building he resided in, where he had been over the past year, and, more specifically, where he had been when he first noticed the migraines beginning.
They wanted to know what his headaches had been like before the migraines had evolved, and they didnât shy away from the mental health side of things either. Spencer could feel himself growing defensive, even though he knew it was illogical. He had been building this defence mechanism ever since his father left him in the care of his motherâa woman whose paranoid schizophrenia had defined much of his childhood. And now, here he was, at the perfect age to potentially develop symptoms himself. Spencer was acutely aware of the statistics, the genetic predisposition, and the trauma he had endured throughout his life. He knew the risks better than most, and the thought of it all worried him far more than he cared to admit, even to himself.
Dr. Langford finished drawing Spencerâs blood and called out to the young woman in the other room. Thatâs when Spencer learned that she was a medical student. As the doors slid open, he noticed for the first time that the office at the far end of the room now had its light on.
âThanks,â Dr. Langford said as the medical student quickly took the vials of blood from her and exited the room, following Dr. Rhodes.
Then, Dr. Langford turned back to Spencer and resumed her questioning.
âAny hallucinations?â she asked, her tone even and professional.
âNo,â Spencer replied, shaking his head.
âAre you just saying no because of your history?â she probed.
âNo,â he said again, a little more firmly.
âNo visual or audible hallucinations?â she pressed.
âNo,â he answered, his patience holding.
âAny colours or auras?â
âNo,â he said, and this time, she seemed satisfied.
âOkay,â she nodded. She paused for a moment before asking, âYou donât think your headaches are psychosomatic?â
Spencer exhaled, barely managing to keep his frustration at bay. âNo,â he answered, the word clipped.
âOkay,â she said, offering a small, understanding smile.
Just then, the door creaked open again, and a new presence entered the room.
âHi,â the newcomer said, her voice warm and inviting.
Spencer turned his gaze toward her. âHello,â he replied.
âIâm Dr. Hurst, the head of diagnostics here,â she introduced herself with a soft smile. Dr. Hurst was a 29-year-old woman with a naturally friendly expression, framed by shoulder-length brown hair that was parted neatly down the middle. She wore a black coat layered over a simple black dress. Her demeanour was professional, yet approachable, and though she smiled warmly at Spencer, he couldnât help but notice a faint sadness lingering in her eyes, as if something weighed on her despite the smile she presented.
Even as Spencer observed her, she radiated an aura of confidence and care, putting him slightly more at ease. Still, the sadness in her gaze intrigued him, almost as much as her curiosity about his condition. He wondered silently what she had seen to put that sadness there, but quickly reminded himself that this wasnât about herâthis was about his migraines, his pain, and the answers he so desperately sought.
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Sexypink - May. So much has changed, so much has been celebrated. Trinidad and Tobago experienced a new government with the return of a woman at the helm, adding to female President and Opposition Leader.
We honored and expanded that joy with the success of UWIâs Cultural Studies scholar Dr Marsha Pearce as she heads to Cambridge.
May has also been a month for acknowledging legacies and legends, with our Indo Trinbagonian exhibitions and museum shows.
Guyanese born, Trinidad and Tobago grown wunderkind, Carnival Master Peter Minshall was honored with a short film titled Tall Boy. Guyanese born and British by citizenship, the late Aubrey Williams, Abstract painting pioneer was lauded with a retrospective in his adopted land and our well loved Writer Earl Lovelace was the inspiration for Adeline Gregoireâs âIs all of We, Is we in truth.â
Yet, amidst the joy it was also important for Sexypink to remember Trinidad and Tobago Artist Susan Wiltshire who passed away last year.
~a moment please~
Initiatives such as the fourth Cayman Biennaleâs deadline gave way to Tender 2025; Fresh Milk Barbados Grants, another strong incentive for our region.
Grenadian Artist Suelin Low Chew Tungâs Rebeccaâs Dolls is a show to take the time to experience in days to come as well as the moving films of Billy Gerard Frank who represented the island at the last Venice Biennale.
Meanwhile, Greg Bailey and Shediene Fletcher our Jamaican Artists are forces to reckon with. Their painting game is impeccably strong as they focus on multi/pronged social issues.
Guatemalan Performance Artist Regina Jose Galindo uses her body to do the same in her part of the world, and Jose Bedia interprets his angst through larger than life physical forms.
These Artists are in the good company of reknown Sculptor, Bajan /Guyanese Karl Broodhagen who passed away in 2002.
Guyanese Collage Artist Dominique Hunter and Brazilian Painter Julia Martins Miranda in sharp contrast slow down the path with tropical tones and tints, giving us dreamy views of a gentler time as we come to terms with half the year behind us as we welcome June.
#sexypink/sexypink review for May#sexypink/jamaican painters#barbados#mixed media#guyana#guatemala#cuba#brazil#4th Cayman Islands Biennale#Earl Lovelace/Group Show#Adeline Gregoire#Jose Bedia#Karl Broodhagen#Regina Jose Galindo#Julia Martins Miranda#Tall Boy#Peter Minshall#Aubrey Williams#greg bailey#Billy Gerard Frank#Indian Caribbean Museum and Art Gallery of Trinidad and Tobago#Shediene Fletcher#Seulin Low Chew Tung#Fresh Milk Barbados Grants#Dominique Hunter#Susan Wiltshire#trinidad and tobago#Uwi creative arts center#Dr Marsha Pearce
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Stone Age Childhoods
Probably the most numerous social category in any Neanderthal group was children. Born stronger than us, intense activity further toughened their little bodies. Even before the age of 10, in Uzbekistan the Teshik-Tash child's legs must have walked huge amounts, while Le Moustier 1's teenage arms were almost as muscly as an adult's. Youngsters' teeth also show them practicing or joining in with adult tasks: at Sima de los Huesos, older children and teenagers had already begun to wear off their enamel. But even the littlest ones here and elsewhere have some distinctive clamping wear, suggesting that hide working was one thing they started to help with early on. Overall, children's tooth micro-wear increases with age, but it's more complex than just greater amounts of mouth use. Micro-scratches in the young boy from El SidrĂłn were not only fewer but also diagonal, rather than vertical. This means he'd learned to eat like a grown-up using a lithic, but wasn't really doing a lot of other tasks with his mouth. There's a hint of the social settings where he and other children may have been learning and copying, since their overall tooth damage pattern on average resembles women's more than men's. Neanderthal children certainly learned by doing, and from birth had front row seats for most of the tasks they needed to master as adults, whether slicing fat off muscle, eating around a hearth or walking the land. There was probably some teaching for particularly complicated things, but Western standards of appropriate child safety and supervision aren't shared by all societies. In many hunter-gatherer cultures youngsters will play with sharp tools, sometimes wielding them even before they can walk, and independently forage together. But busy childhoods brought with them a high cost, which some of the youngest paid. [...] Perhaps it's not surprising that some older Neanderthals weathered wretched health. But more unexpected are quite severe injuries in some juveniles. Le Moustier 1 is a case in point: he sustained a nasty broken jaw that healed badly, and probably caused asymmetric wear on his teeth from prolonged difficulty eating. As well as potentially affecting verbal communication, this tells us it happened sometime well before his death, [which happened] between 11 and 15 years old. And even younger children were battered about. Less than a kilometre from Forbes' Quarry in Gibraltar is the Devil's Tower fissure site, explored in 1925 by a young Dorothy Garrod. What she found [...] was the remains of a child of no more than 5 years old with a broken jaw. Even more shocking, it had happened at least a couple years before, and he had also sustained later, potentially fatal skull fractures. Would such a young child have been involved in risky activities like hunting, or are we looking at accidents while unsupervised? [...] Youth for early H. sapiens people wasn't any less tough than for Neanderthals either. Another spectacular burial at Sunghir is of two children buried head-to-head. Both had more than one phase of tooth growth interruptions, and one's thigh bones were extremely short and bowed, probably from a genetic condition. The other's facial bones were also abnormal, and probably made eating difficult: they had no tooth wear, suggesting that special soft foods were provided. We can even find a match for the battered little Devil's Tower boy in the early H. sapiens skeleton of a 4- to 5-year old at Lagar Velho, Portugal. As a toddler he'd suffered a severe facial blow and healed a serious arm injury. Not long before death his teeth record several growth interruptions within a few months of each other, suggesting serious illness.
- Dr. Rebecca Wragg Sykes (Kindred: Neanderthal Life, Love, Death, and Art, pages 73-74, 79, 81-82)
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