After Midnight

Red lights bleeding through the blinds…

Door shuts quiet.

After midnight—

We already know what this is.

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Red lights bleeding through the blinds

Your shadow dancing on my spine

You bite your lip, say “take your time”

But your hands already crossing lines

Perfume mixed with cigarette smoke

You whisper sins like little jokes

Fingers tracing what you won’t say

Every breath gets harder to fake

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You say “slow,” but you pull me in

Say you’re bad, I say “then sin”

Every rule we said we’d keep

Melting when you’re this close to me

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After midnight, we don’t behave

Slow hands moving anyway

Say “don’t stop” like it’s a prayer

You pull me close, then pull my hair

Skin on skin, no alibis

Say my name, don’t be polite

After midnight, no rules tonight

You want this just as much as I

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Lipstick stains on my collarbone

Your laugh says you already know

Every inch you claiming slow

Like you’re writing what we won’t show

Heartbeat loud in the quiet room

Time dissolves when I’m on you

Eyes say more than your mouth ever can

Your body talking—slow hands

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You say “one more,” I say “yes”

Sheets twisted, no regrets

We ain’t innocent, don’t pretend

We both know how this ends

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Windows fog, the city asleep

Your nails drawing maps on me

No cameras, no promises

Just heat we haven’t named yet

If tomorrow asks what we did

We’ll just smile and plead the fifth

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After midnight, lights stay low

Slow hands, lose control

Say my name—say it twice

Say it like you mean tonight

No love songs, just truth tonight

Just breath, just skin, just time

After midnight… no rules…

Yeah—we both know what to do.