[shailu4ever]

Her body went still, but not tense.


When his lips finally reached her skin

Just below her ear

At the tender curve where jaw met neck

He didn’t kiss immediately.

He lingered. Hovered.


Meghana’s eyes fluttered shut.

Then...  softly...

He kissed her.

Once.

The kiss wasn’t rushed.

It wasn’t light, either.

It carried weight, not of lust,

But of weeks of want that had simmered without expression.

She inhaled sharply through her nose

The sound swallowed into the space between them.

Her hand moved

One of them

Reaching up to touch his forearm

The fingers gripping lightly as if to anchor herself.


Abhi didn’t pull back.