[prasannas2001]

 

 
Seema felt him go still.
 
His whole body tensed, just for a moment, a small, sharp intake of breath that he tried to hide.
 
She could feel his surprise in the way he held himself, the sudden stillness of his hands, the quickening of his pulse beneath her palm.
 
He hadn't expected this.
 
Not tonight, not after weeks of distance and silence and careful avoidance.
 
He didn't say anything.
 
He just lay there, rigid and waiting, as though afraid that any sudden movement might break the spell.
 
She didn't speak either.
 
She didn't want to ruin it with words.
 
She just pressed a kiss to his jaw, soft and slow, and felt him exhale, a long, shaky breath that seemed to carry weeks of loneliness with it.
 
He opened his arms and let her in.
 
She sank into him, her body fitting against his, her head finding the hollow of his shoulder, her legs tangling with his beneath the sheets.
 
He wrapped his arms around her, and for a long moment, he just held her.
 
His hands moved over her back, light, hesitant, as though he couldn't quite believe she was there, and she felt the tension slowly ease out of him, degree by degree, like ice melting in warm water.
 
She took his hand and placed it on her breast.
 
His fingers hesitated, then curved around the soft weight of her, and she heard his breath catch again.
 
He touched her the way he always did, gently, reverently, as though she were something sacred.
 
His thumb traced a slow circle around her nipple, and she felt it harden under his touch, felt a small shiver run down her spine that was not fear, not yet, but something warmer.
 
She kissed his neck.
 
She kissed the hollow of his throat, where his pulse beat a quick and nervous rhythm.
 
She kissed his chest, pulling open the buttons of his t-shirt one by one so she could press her lips to his skin.
 
She kissed his stomach, the soft skin below his navel, the place where his breath hitched and his muscles tightened under her mouth.
 
She felt him responding to her, not just physically, but emotionally.