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“Caleb?”

He thrashes at ainst so his fight so I can wrapthat I can think to do, an instinct that I don’t bother trying to understand

“Caleb,” I say his nah he’s

Suddenly his eyes open, and he rolls, pinning me to the bed with sudden force It takes hi hard

“Yeah”

He sinks down againstto my body as he rests his head on my chest His words are softened Even now, he’s not fully awake “You have to stay,” he says “You promised a month You have to stay with me”

There’s pain tinging the words Deep and sharp like a knife I can feel the way that it cuts at hiently

Again, the instinct to comfort him washes overin hiht, too harsh This is the unfettered version of Caleb, no inhibitions He yanks the tank top overtheue

My body responds to his passion with heat of its own We’re ives back His feral actions allowabout to So exhausted of worrying and working, trying tofit into the pieces I’ve set out for my life

Even last night in the midst of pleasure, ere restrained Controlled Not now This is more than that

Caleb bites hinto flame I bite him back On his shoulders and jaw, anywhere I can reach I claw at hiether on the bed, nearly fighting each other for control He yankson hisbut arch ht

But it’s not enough I need hiain, and for a listening fro

I’to possess h to bruise He fucks me harder than I’ve ever been fucked inThere’s no part of me that isn’t taken

And when he co the heat that he pours into hs, nearly collapsing on ht

My heart is racing, and it’s hard to catch ht I don’t ever want to let hi between us that feels bigger than anything in my life I want to be with hihtmares

But that’s just it … what causes a s settle quickly into a routine after the nightized too We both et to that point again Whether it ith Ally or someone else It wasn’t okay It was never okay

I sealed that vow by , the coht before And we fell asleep together until late in the

The repairs on the house are co I rebuilt the porch in record tily it was easier to lay do board than rerowing up in the house as orked She has so randpa at the Cuh, and part ofjealous I don’t have si randpa built, and I ht then and there that I would find her a porch swing before the end of thethat Ally will live here and fill it with even reat memories makes this work even easier