[His touch is slow and steady; she doesn't miss the way he takes care as he lets it venture forward, along her arm and over her shoulder, down the curve of her back. When it comes to rest there, she feels all of her muscles go tense beneath the splay of his fingers for just a moment before she relaxes again; touch has been as rare in her life as genuine affection, largely be design, but she trusts him with this. She reminds herself that they can stop anytime, that if it becomes too much, all she has to do is say so, but for the first time since she can remember, she finds herself eager to test these limits, to stop forcing herself to be so goddamn isolated for once.
He makes it easy to want that, to want to open herself up to someone else without fear of rejection, a fear of getting burned.
She exhales against his mouth, their series of kisses becoming something more insistent on her end, finding herself braver and more demanding with each press of their lips. She'd never really allowed herself to entertain the thought that something like this might actually be within her reach, contented herself with fighting alongside him instead, and in the moment, it all feels very surreal— but the heat of his skin beneath her fingertips, the curve of his lips, the coarse edge of is own touch, they all serve as reminders that it's very, very real, indeed.]
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He makes it easy to want that, to want to open herself up to someone else without fear of rejection, a fear of getting burned.
She exhales against his mouth, their series of kisses becoming something more insistent on her end, finding herself braver and more demanding with each press of their lips. She'd never really allowed herself to entertain the thought that something like this might actually be within her reach, contented herself with fighting alongside him instead, and in the moment, it all feels very surreal— but the heat of his skin beneath her fingertips, the curve of his lips, the coarse edge of is own touch, they all serve as reminders that it's very, very real, indeed.]