Charlotte laughs out loud and, after looking so serious before, it catches Shela off guard a little. She grins but stops when she sees how the expression on Charlotte’s face has changed again. It’s softer, more exposed, and Shela unknowingly shifts back to give her some space when Charlotte reaches further between them to trace her fingers up Shela’s neck to her face. She traces Shela’s chin and her jaw, curls fingertips over her cheekbones and over her eyebrows before sweeping down her nose. Her thumbs soothe over Shela’s cheeks before one stops to gently rest against the beauty spot on her top lip. Charlotte looks at her and Shela thinks that she knows what’s about to happen. She thinks she knows but she also feels scared and nervous that it won’t. She knows but she’s also really, r

