The shower fills with steam fast, warmth wrapping around me until everything outside the bathroom fades into quiet noise. Water runs over my shoulders and down my back and for a second I just breathe.
The door opens behind me.
The air shifts and then Alex steps in under the water with me, closing the space between us without hesitation. His hands settle at my waist, thumbs brushing lightly along my sides.
“Morning,” he murmurs close to my ear.
I lean back into him automatically. “You followed me.”
“You disappeared.”
A faint smile pulls at my lips. “I was gone for five minutes.”
“Long enough.”
His fingers move a damp strand of hair away from my cheek, careful, lingering just a little too long before his hand lowers again.
I turn in his arms.
Water runs between us as I face him and
