{"id":3889,"date":"2014-02-05T06:05:22","date_gmt":"2014-02-05T14:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michellejolin.com\/wordpress\/?p=3889"},"modified":"2014-02-04T21:19:52","modified_gmt":"2014-02-05T05:19:52","slug":"literal-is-as-literal-does-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=3889","title":{"rendered":"Literal is as literal does&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With Samael  and a set of very messy king sized sheets still wrapped very tightly around her, Mara told him that she thought was still due for a good sulk. She didn&#8217;t think she should have to cancel her sulking just because an imaginary giant incubus dropped by to ravish her. Samael raised an eyebrow, smiled and pressed his thumb into a bruise on her shoulder until she winced.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Was that real enough for you, my treasure, or should I bite you again? You seemed to like it, and maybe a set of tooth marks will convince you of my reality if this bruise does not.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She bit his thumb until he let go of her shoulder and pinned her against the bed with a snarl. Angels do not like to be bitten, but do they have to be so grumpy about it? Mara pointed out that she didn&#8217;t particularly like to have her valuable sulking time interrupted, but she didn&#8217;t go around snarling at anyone, even if they deserved it for hurting her. She found her speech suddenly stopped by a very insistent angel kissing her, pulling her head back by the hair until she gasped and bit his lower lip.<\/p>\n<p>The growling, she found, was not without appeal&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What else makes you growl, Sami?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Sami?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a pet name, baby.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Baby? I am thousands of years old.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s term of endearment. Like treasure. You&#8217;re a literal fucker, aren&#8217;t you?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I do enjoy penetrating every part of you, my treasure&#8230;shall I demonstrate again?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mmmmm&#8230;.literal&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With Samael and a set of very messy king sized sheets still wrapped very tightly around her, Mara told him that she thought was still due for a good sulk. She didn&#8217;t think she should have to cancel her sulking just because an imaginary giant incubus dropped by to ravish her. Samael raised an eyebrow, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=3889\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Literal is as literal does&#8230;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-words"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7lr3R-10J","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3326,"url":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=3326","url_meta":{"origin":3889,"position":0},"title":"Nothing ruins a good sulk like an angel","author":"Michelle","date":"January 6, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Mara thought she was overdue for a really good sulk. 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