Pretense
pretense you don't have to look underneath my shirt to see what's in my chest -- there is only you -- you who are there where someone else should because of that one night i said things i didn't mean -- -- things i didn't mean like
Fates of the Ferals: Future
Mitch was laying on the floor in his usual pretense of animal simplicity, though his right-hind-paw was clenched tightly around michelle's.
Welcome to Heat Street: C4 - Feedback Loop
She'd invited him to the boutique under the pretense of “research" for a potential design contract. fur-accommodating cuts, tailoring ratios, brand mapping. all just excuses. he didn't even blink.
The Beloved Pet Ch6
However my brief time away and increased my alienation to the point that i had no desire to return to a planet where, through their pretensions human kind had evolved to be more vicious than any shark, tiger, lion, or bear.
You Wouldn't Dare
\>she throws her arms around you and squeezes a second, pretense burning away with the first of the yellow flame. \>"i started a fire all by myself! i told you so, anon!" \>"yep."
The Why of Werewolves
Sometimes you just need to shove aside the pretensions, and try and get to the root of why you want something. this was my attempt. no, not how they treat you--not even what they think of you... just, to not understand, that joy! how to show them?
Darzarath - To Ponder the Shadow
Martifia tried to look straight into darzarath's eyes in a pretense of offense, but she couldn't hold the eye contact for long as she started blushing.
Static Memory Record 86-75309
My pretense for being at the hospital wasshaky. i no longer doubted this animal's ability to have me forcibly removed. my ability to complete my objective is uncertain if i cooperate, but i will most certainly fail if i am thrown out of the hospital.
Easy hard reset
He looked happy for a few seconds - then the gleam of his eyes grew dull and his smile became only a pretense. "i thought you liked that," fyr said, a bit disappointed. gan nodded. "i did," he answered. "i really did. but...
Chapter 1: Record Breaker
She touched her nose to his in familiar greeting, then wrapped her arms around him, abandoning all pretense of reserve. he returned the gesture and as they held each other tight she whispered in his ear, "i'm so proud of you."
UTOverse: Glamorous Alien Rock & Roll part 9
This was a pretension. a mere taste of the world she wished they lived in. he and his race deserved so much more than to be stuck at her ankles for eternity, but it simply wasn't meant to be.
Shouting at the Forest - 0x00
Mostly as a pretense, he thought, to see him in person. it might be his go partner with some new strategy, but that seemed unlikely. lockran's habitat was very nearly antipodal to his, and therefore midnight to his noon.