Lucas
The first thing to breach the fog of sleep was the light, the second was a familiar scent. My head was throbbing but a slow contented smile stretched my lips as I looked at Emily lying beside me, I let the feeling linger, a rare moment of peace, before finally closing my eyes again, the moment I opened them once more, the world stopped.
It wasn’t my subconscious playing with me, Emily was truly lying beside me. Her hair was a wild cascade against the white pillowcase, strands of it falling across her face. One slender arm was thrown over her head, her back rising and falling, the sheet was pooled around her waist, revealing the elegant curve of her spine, the pale skin of her shoulders…. She was naked.
My smile vanished. For a blissful, hazy second, I had thought it was a dream.
