“I'm Looking through You” Snippet
She shivered, despite the warmth of the fire, when she felt his fingers lightly graze her spine; the feeling of his mouth on hers, gentle yet hot, sent her heart into overdrive— a heart that she had tried to protect for so long only to find out she had done herself more harm than good.
The hair at the nape of his neck was incredibly soft, and she couldn't have been more grateful that he had decided to grow it out. If Lily were to pull it, she was fairly sure he would not have minded but before she could act on it, a thought popped into her head.
Reluctantly, she pulled away, and his lips chased hers. “But... You must have noticed. Literally everyone else has... I wasn't exactly subtle,” she blurted.
James slowly opened his eyes and when she noticed the glazed look, his blown pupils - and his thoroughly kissed lips, as she let her gaze briefly drop to his mouth - she felt equal parts proud and scared, still unfamiliar with the knowledge of the effect that she had on him.
An uncharacteristically shy smile appeared on his handsome face, and without meaning to, she mirrored him.
“I think you severely understestimate how much of an idiot I can be,” he said, and the sound of his voice made her want to close the distance once again, but her gnawing curiosity didn't let her.
Lily bit her lip, amused. “Now, that sounds suspicious. The James I know would never call himself stupid.”
He threw his head back and laughed; she would never get tired of seeing him like this and knowing that she was the source of his joy.
She wrapped her arms around his neck, pulling him closer, and their breaths mingled as he spoke. “Let me rephrase that: you underestimate how much of an idiot I can be when it comes to you.”
Her eyes were drifting closed, and she couldn't think of a single reason not to kiss him.
“Aren't I lucky,” she whispered against his mouth.
James bit her bottom lip, and a soft moan escaped her. She felt rather than saw his smug smile as he said in a low voice, “I'd say so, yeah.”









