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Piper’s hand brushed the back of mine and I twitched involuntarily. So, I cleared my throat. “And how are your things?” I asked, sneaking a quick look at her.
“Fine,” she said with a nod, and I didn’t feel the need to clarify that. She knew her own mind and she’d talk about it if she wanted and she wouldn’t if she didn’t, or if there wasn’t anything to talk about.
I pulled up in a clearing and we jumped out. When she met me at the end of the tailgate, she held her hands out. I smirked, knowing what she was expecting; she needed – or just wanted – a hand up.
“Therearecons to being so short,” I pointed out.
She gave me her best attempt at a disapproving frown. “Like there are advantages?” she asked.
I smirked. I shouldn’t have, but there was a sense of something swirling, so I said, “Tall guys. Short girls. Walls. Tables. Benches.” I shrugged. “It’s just easier.” It wasn’t a golden rule or anything, it was just my experience.
Her eyes widened and she bit her lip, but she didn’t say anything.
My hands went to her waist, and I had to take a step closer to her so I could lift her up. I felt her knee nudge mine and we shared a soft smile. The overwhelming urge to kiss her surged again but I just licked my lip and propped her on the tailgate. Her hands went to my arms and her knee felt dangerously like it was rubbing my hip. I didn’t dare consider that it might have been on purpose.
“Roman…?”
My hand dropped to her hip and, as I dragged it back to my body, it skimmed her leg. “Piper…?”
“I’m glad you brought the blankets tonight,” she said quickly, like that hadn’t been what she was going to say at all.
I blinked. “You’re cold?”
She smiled sheepishly. “A little. I should have changed.”
I shrugged and stepped away from her so she could shuffle back into the doonas instead of me just pulling her closer to me and warming her up another way.
She pulled the blankets over her then patted the spot beside her. I grinned, jumped in next to her, and lay down. She settled herself against me, her head on my shoulder and my arm around hers. I told myself my chest didn’t hitch, my cock didn’t throb, and I wasn’t very close to just pulling her to me and showing her what she did to me anyway.
“So, are you getting more used to Maddy at home now?” she asked.
I took a breath and looked at her profile under the moonlight. “Maybe. She’s…growing on me.”
“You mean doesn’t cock block you so much?”
I grinned. “Maybe she’s not quite so annoying as I thought she was.”
She rolled her head to look at me. “No, not possible,” she teased.
I smiled as I laced my fingers with hers, and our noses were threatening to bump. Something was happening here between us, and I was powerless to resist it anymore. I wasn’t just powerless; I didn’twantto keep fighting anymore. I wanted to give in. I didn’t want to fight this feeling she gave me. Not when it felt so good.
“Yes. I think you’ll find, yes,” I told her. And I knew it wasn’t just Maddy that was growing on me. It was Piper.
What she did to me was more than a means to an end. It wasn’t just about satisfying an urge to distract me for a while. I wanted to touch her, to kiss her, to feel her tight around me, but Piper wasn’t so much a distraction as – dare I even think it? – a healthier coping mechanism. With her, I didn’t feel like I was running away from everything else, rather I was finding a reason to stay put.
She calmed my storms effortlessly. She just existed and I felt better. And I was too far gone – too dependent on her – to try to pretend the feeling wasn’t obviously mutual. That all these feelings were mutual. She might not have wanted me as much as I wanted her – or she was far better at hiding it – but she did want me to kiss her.
And I couldn’t not kiss her any longer.
The gap started closing between us as we leant into each other. My chest did that hitching thing again, but she didn’t stop it, so I didn’t stop it.
Our lips met and I heard myself screaming in my head. I tensed.
What was I doing?
Why wasn’t I doing it right?
I was hesitant and…sweet and gentle with her.
