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 The feeling of him, his body so close, was calming in a way she hadn’t anticipated. Her mind raced for a moment, but then slowly, her body seemed to respond to the quiet pull of his warmth.
She shifted slightly, a slow, deliberate movement, leaning in just enough that their bodies aligned, the edge of the shawl pooling over them both.
The warmth from him seeped into her, filling the empty spaces left by the cool night air, grounding her in a way she hadn’t known she needed. His arm, so casually dbangd over her, felt like a protective weight, a silent offering of care, without expectation, without pressure.
Her hand rested lightly against the fabric covering his chest, her fingertips tracing the soft rise and fall of his breathing. The sensation of him there, solid and steady, seemed to melt the tension that had been coiling in her shoulders since the storm.
She could feel the steady beat of his heart, faint yet reassuring, and she let herself sink into the softness of the moment, her cheek resting just slightly against the warmth of his shoulder.
Her mind wandered back to the day, the chaos of the storm, their shared silence in the aftermath, and the closeness that had grown between them so quickly.
She hadn’t expected this, this unexpected intimacy, this simple but profound act of care that made the isolation of the island seem a little more bearable. She thought about the way his eyes had softened in the firelight, the quiet gentleness in his movements, and now this small but significant gesture of comfort beneath the shawl. “He’s steady… and I feel drawn to him. I can’t stop noticing it. Something in me stirs just being near him,” she thought.
As the night deepened, she tried to still herself, to allow the exhaustion of the day to pull her under. But it was impossible.
Her heart beat a little faster now, not from fear, but from the closeness that seemed to pulse between them, from the strange, intoxicating sense of being seen, of being cared for in a way she hadn’t felt in years.
The world outside, the storm, the isolation, the uncertainty, seemed to dissolve, leaving only the soft rhythm of his breathing, the whisper of waves, and the faint warmth radiating from his body through the shawl.
Then she felt it more clearly, his hand, moving ever so slightly in his sleep, brushing along her side and almost gently pulling her toward him.
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