Jealousy (2010)
Jealousy
“I stretched, yawned, padded for the bed and dropped down. That woke Graves up, where my clicking at keys and sometimes swearing under my breath hadn’t.
“Huh?” He half-sat up, and I took the chance to rescue one of the pillows from under his head. “Whaaa?”
“Nothing. Go back to sleep.” I squiggled around, getting comfortable. “I just finished, that’s all.”
“Okay.” He settled back down again, and I lay there for a few seconds feeling him move around before I opened my eyes and found him almost nos...e-to-nose with me. His silver skull-and-crossbones earring glinted at me. His irises were oddly luminescent, and a shadow of stubble spread over his jaw.
Weird. He kind of was getting hairy, but it was just a five o’clock shadow. I had the sudden urge to touch his jawline, a feeling so intense my fingers itched. The skin underneath, on the curve where his throat made a hollow before his collarbone and shoulder, looked so fragile. His lips were slightly parted, and we looked at each other for a long few seconds before he moved back slightly.MoreLess
“Huh?” He half-sat up, and I took the chance to rescue one of the pillows from under his head. “Whaaa?”
“Nothing. Go back to sleep.” I squiggled around, getting comfortable. “I just finished, that’s all.”
“Okay.” He settled back down again, and I lay there for a few seconds feeling him move around before I opened my eyes and found him almost nos...e-to-nose with me. His silver skull-and-crossbones earring glinted at me. His irises were oddly luminescent, and a shadow of stubble spread over his jaw.
Weird. He kind of was getting hairy, but it was just a five o’clock shadow. I had the sudden urge to touch his jawline, a feeling so intense my fingers itched. The skin underneath, on the curve where his throat made a hollow before his collarbone and shoulder, looked so fragile. His lips were slightly parted, and we looked at each other for a long few seconds before he moved back slightly.MoreLess
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