*Flashback*
Jack
Her hand over my heart went still and body slightly turned away.
It was subtle, but I felt it. Her breathing changed. It felt like a door being quietly locked from the inside.
"No, I was about to leave anyway," she said, nervous, inching further away from me. "You can..."
I shut her up the only way I knew how. I kissed her, and she relaxed slightly, softening against me, and the phone went dark and forgotten on the nightstand.
"You're not going anywhere tonight."
Hearing myself say it surprised me. I never liked sleeping with someone in my bed. I'd built an entire schedule around the principle that mornings were mine alone.
But I didn't liked even less the thought of her not being in my arms right now.
"Uhmm... okay," she said, still unsure.
A silence settled,
