17 Quicker than I would have imagined possible, Seth was n***d and in the shower with me. I chuckled at his enthusiasm, but became serious when he gazed at me tenderly before wrapping me in his arms, engulfing me in a long, wet, full-frontal hug. "Please don't ever leave me again," he pleaded near my ear. I squeezed him tighter in reassurance as he said, "I felt incomplete when you left." He sounded so vulnerable, like I had almost broken him. No one had ever said such wonderful words to me before. He made me feel important and loved, like I mattered. He was so different than any man I had ever known. We stood there for a long while with our bodies melded together as one. The hot water spray created rivulets that trickled down our skin like raindrops on a windowpane. I could feel his m

