I catch her mouth with mine and kiss her slow and deep. She doesn't bite me again, but I feel the ghost of it in my lip---a reminder of how careful I need to be with her. Of how easily I could lose whatever this fragile thing between us is.
As my hands trail down her body, she melts into me. I roll her over and finally part her legs around my waist. She's wet and ready, and she cries out wordlessly as I take her in a single stroke.
I leave my kisses on her body like silent vows, and she clings to me as though she plans to hold me to them.
"Sam..." She touches my face, her eyes wide and vulnerable as her body tightens around me.
I follow after her, spilling into her until we're both spent---sweaty and entangled in the sheets and each other.
She's asleep before the sweat has dried, her
