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She pulls in her lips, reminding me she can look after herself. “Every day is dangerous. It’s time we stopped it. I’m sick of living in fear. So are many others.”
Running a hand through my hair, I exhale, utterly knackered. This kind of exhaustion is unlike anything I’ve ever felt before. I feel this all the way to my very core.
Slumping onto the end of the bed, I cup my forehead, needing a minute. It would be so much easier to surrender because the fight in me is withering. Every corner I turn, I’m just confronted with more shite. But I didn’t come this far to give up now.
With the softest of touches, Babydoll runs her fingers through my hair. I can’t help but sigh because it feels so good.
“The biggest enemy you’ll fight is yourself, Punky,” she whispers, reading the turmoil inside me.
And she’s right.
She gently places a finger under my chin, coaxing me to look at her. A mix of emotion is reflected in her eyes as she’s supposed to be mad at me for lying to her. But the love we feel for one another seems to always win in the end.
“You want to save the world,” she says, stroking over my jaw. “But who’s going to save you?”
With nothing but sincerity, I reply, “You have. Ye were the only thing that gave me strength when I wanted to give up time and time again. I’ve made so many mistakes in my life, but yer not one of them.”
She blinks back her tears.
I wrap my fingers around her other wrist and place her hand against my chest, where I nestle into her palm, lowering my guard. She strokes my cheek with trembling fingers.
“What are we going to do?” she asks, and I know we’re no longer talking about this war we never wanted a part of.
She’s vulnerable and scared, and even though I know she can look after herself, all I want to do is protect her. “I don’t know.”
“I should hate you. It would be easier if I did.”
“I know.”
“But I don’t,” she confesses, looking away. “I don’t want to fight anymore. I feel like I’ve been fighting for ten years.”
Her sincerity has me slowly rising to my feet.
She stands before me, her breaths uneven. She’s nervous.
“I know what ya mean,” I admit, wanting her to know I’m tired as well. “I don’t know why ye continue to help me…but I’m thankful that ye do.”
She lifts her chin, working her bottom lip as she knows what’s about to happen.
“I do it because I—” She suddenly pauses, realizing if she says the words, there’s no turning back. “It’s not like this with others.”
With a heavy sigh, I surrender, sealing our fates forevermore. “I know.”
Before she can say another word, I press my lips to hers and make her breaths mine. Instantly, she softens against me, humming into my mouth as I devour her whole.
She stands on her toes and wraps her arms around the back of my neck, meeting me stroke for stroke as our tongues move with a languid speed. Even though this kiss is passion-filled, it’s slow, hungry for so much more because we’ve realized nothing,no one, stands in our way.
This is finally our time where we can be Puck and Cami.
I can’t get enough of her. I never will. Placing my hands low on her waist, I draw her to me, pressing us chest to chest. Our mouths tangle in a union of utter perfection because this is it. No more lies, no one standing in our way.
The only people to fuck this up is us.
“I want you,” she whispers against my lips. “I can’t stop.”
“I want you too,” I confess. “I always will.”
But there’s something I need to tell her before we do this. Something which will change the course of everything.
