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<strong>The</strong>y roved gently down my arm, hesitated for a moment, and then<br />
came to rest against my hip.<br />
My own fingers quickly located the bottom of his t-shirt. I<br />
<strong>final</strong>ly allowed my hand to dip beneath it and touch his skin. He got<br />
the idea and broke away from my mouth just long enough to reach<br />
over his shoulder and tug the shirt over his head. My breath snagged<br />
on something in my throat as I gazed at his body for a moment. He<br />
was perfect. Fair skin, skinny arms, and everything. His obsidian<br />
necklace hung suspended in the air between us.<br />
I was nearly twisting right out of my skin. I reached up and<br />
pulled him down against me. We rolled over so that I was on top,<br />
and then again so he was, our lips meshed together. Somewhere in<br />
the kissing and touching, my tank top and shorts wound up on the<br />
floor. He had to reach over the side of the bed once his pants were<br />
off to retrieve a condom from his wallet at some point. It was warm<br />
in the room, but one or both of us — I wasn’t quite sure who —<br />
pulled back the covers and then we were beneath them.<br />
Finally, Tucker was above me again, with his hands pressing<br />
into the mattress on either side of me. <strong>The</strong>re was something<br />
incredible that I had no words to describe glowing in his eyes as we<br />
gazed at each other. <strong>The</strong> rest of the world around us had gone dark.<br />
My entire body, my whole being, was aware of only him. Every last<br />
nerve, each tiny atom, they were all quivering with anticipation.<br />
At first, I couldn’t help but stiffen, but he was so gentle that<br />
my body relaxed almost immediately. I wrapped my arms around<br />
his shoulders, and he lowered his head so it was beside mine and<br />
placed a soft kiss on my cheek. “Are you okay?” he whispered. His<br />
breath was hot as it danced across my neck.<br />
I nodded, not wanting to speak and shatter the beautiful<br />
moment. Words were cumbersome and pointless beneath the covers.<br />
Now was the time to show him just how okay I was, not to tell him.<br />
Slowly, Tucker began to move, his hips rocking smoothly<br />
against mine. My brain had totally shut down and my body knew<br />
what to do. I fell into the rhythm that he conducted. We were<br />
connected in the most intimate way that two people could; there was<br />
no way I could ever let him any closer to me than this.<br />
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