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"You’re shivering," he rab a wet strand of hair He rubs it between his fingers, his gaze still locked on e out of those wet clothes"

It’s like he’s slowly co back from that dark, desolate spot where he retreated His expression is lighter, his eyes aren’t so wide and full of terror His voice has returned to nor so badly

I’m not sure what he wants froive it

Completely

~ Chapter Ten ~

Day 4, 9:49 pm

Love’s tendrils round the heart doth twine, as round the oak doth cling the vine – Ardelia Cotton Barton

Drew

We’re in my bed, Fable wrapped all aroundin any sort of sexual way beyond being plastered together We fell asleep like this She’s still asleep, though I’ve been lying here wide awake for at least an hour,her in my arms offered

She refused to budge after I had a complete breakdown and tried my hardest to push her away I had to admire her for that, nosuch a hu me like that, all broken and dizzy and so screwed up, Iol’ puy who can’t handle anything sexual--shit, the rue alone would ruin me forever

But she didn’t bat an eyelash Just continued to talk to me in that calive in She then shovedthe covers up toht of her bare brsts as she bent overwhen she said my full nauess--I wanted her close I wanted to feel her againstme too, but I could deal with it

So when she tried to leave, I grabbed her hand and asked her to stay I didn’t want to be alone with aze but she stayed anyway, shedding her wet clothes coht of her beautiful slender body in all its nad glory leaving my mouth dry

She climbed into my bed and I pulled her close Held her to me, her back tooutside I couldn’t re this warirl so close inon her soft belly

Waking up flat on rant, still-daood But then I realized it’s all too real and I didn’ther to leave me

At this very moment, I don’t want her away froh her hair, sles closer, her face pressed againstoutside, the roo Only feel

I haven’t felt anything in years

She wakes slowly, I knew the es, the way she starts to withdraw froma word for fear I’d fk up and blurt out so to pull away, she lifts her head and nuzzles closer, her ainst les wash overht around her waist, splaying ers wide so I can touch as much bare skin as possible

I don’t know exactly what I’ to accomplish, but I know that I can handle this In the dark, with Fable Nohair brushing against my skin, her warm breath in my ear She sinks her teeth into the tender flesh ofhter

"Ticklish?" she whispers and I nod, still scared to say anything, savoring the sound of her sweet, sweet voice washing overI considered particularly funny More like a uilt-ridden secret

"You have the most beautiful body I’ve ever seen," she whispers as she slides over so she’s co our bodies and her war us in our own little private haven

"You can’t even see ood her compliment makes me feel

"Oh, I saw you And I can feel you" Her hands are everywhere, searchingme "You’re all muscle, Drew Callahan There’s not an ounce of fat on you" I can hear the a me

"That’s probably not true" I choke on the last hen she slides her nad body down, then off ht next to ers gently gliding overwith it and I refuse to ask her for anythingscared to have sex for fear I’ll ruin everything and flip out again Or worse, have all thosedown on me and I won’t be able to deal

What’s happened to me in my past has shadedit ruleTired

Her hand skitters away froive anything to have her hands onneed to connect with her, I cup her cheek with entle, sweet kisses this tiue and she does the sa each other’s bodies,into ers and then I feel her tentative grip on roan at the sensation of her touching me like this for the first time and it emboldens her She squeezesain, losing myself in her taste, in her hand and already I can feel sensations barreling down on etting busier and I groan, arching ins within ainst it