[There's no real danger here, he knows that in some logical part of his brain, but it's hard to fasten onto that when the reality is noisy wind in his ears and the close cuts of every turn, road a blur underneath them, trees in snatches of green that whip past. He's laughing now. Bright and loud. Unfiltered, the bond between them a glow of thrill and pleasure, arms and thighs squeezing around Abel and giddy in the adrenaline.
The rest of the world melts away. No New Amsterdam, no UNA, no Hideki, no Alliance -- nothing but the two of them racing up this incline at breakneck speed, on Earth, in this precious tucked-away fragment of memory. However long it lasts, he's more in the moment than he can remember being in ages.]
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The rest of the world melts away. No New Amsterdam, no UNA, no Hideki, no Alliance -- nothing but the two of them racing up this incline at breakneck speed, on Earth, in this precious tucked-away fragment of memory. However long it lasts, he's more in the moment than he can remember being in ages.]