om was
. The kind that settles in the
still damp from the rain earlier that afternoon. The air was cool, the window cracked op
ack against the headboard, one h
had said much
exted
om. Not fo
had le
t into
tever this w
igh and the air thick with unsaid
quiet,"
when it
deways glance. "A
alm, direct. "This matters more t
roat was tight, her heart
thumb brushing over the edge of her sleeve. "I
his eyes,
just... don't want it to
she could feel the words leave his mouth.
e kiss
e the r
deeper. Slow
ed into him, her fingers curling around the front of his hoodie.
skin against hers felt like warmth after a long stor
gile but not broken. Like he wasn't trying to
s and silence, his arm draped loosely around
pens next. But I want
closed, heart fu
t time in years, she
felt