Beth stayed. Beth didn’t leave him. Beth was there and Jase didn’t know what to do first.
He wanted to hold her close, and then kiss… and then just watch her moving around the house, and then hold her again and breathe in her scent mixed with Jase’s. And then bite a love mark into her skin and touch. And have all of that at once.
Beth laughed, and after some time of Jase’s stupid dance around her, she pulled him onto the couch, hugging him close and just unwind as they used to do before.
Jase sighed quietly, sprawled over Beth, totally blanketing her, and with his nose buried into his favorite place he closed his eyes and just enjoyed the closeness. Beth was caressing his back lovingly, and Jase didn’t need more to fall asleep, intoxicated by the feeling of happiness.
When he woke up,
