Continue writing the following text: with my eyes closed like this , the smell of smoke wafting in from outside , and the undercurrent of desire thrumming beneath my skin , i could almost pretend that it was the 1960s , and i was working here in the go-go bar 's prime . i opened my eyes and found cade . it felt natural , like the pull of gravity . normally , looking at someone from up here felt too awkward and intimate . meeting his gaze was intimate , but it was n't
awkward