everything about her was so calculating, taking everything at face value without really thinking to pay mind to what may lie beneath. the things he was sure she knew, the things she was choosing to let go under her radar, or at least let them fall off from needing addressing. it was clear to him that she wanted something, possibly anything. her general nervous behavior made him wonder a flurry of things about her. had she ever been kissed? had she ever done anything physical with a boy? with anyone? the thought crossed his mind that she hadnāt, and he wished it hadnāt made him as excited as it did. but he was overjoyed with the notion that he may get to be that for her. something so fundamental, so poignant. he could practically feel his ego inflating as he thought about it. sebastien smirked as she finally took a beat from speaking, easily closing most of the remaining distance between their reclined bodies. the brunet stayed propped up on his side, watching her closely as he reached out for her, catching a stray piece of hair laying across her forehead as he brushed it away, tucking it behind her ear. he let himself linger then, feeling his fingers spreading one by one as he submerged the tips of his fingers into her hair, one large hand clutching the side of her face as he leaned over her. āof course i like you, rosie,ā he muttered, the ghost of a whisper on her lips before he felt their edges brush, giving her that small taste of the heat of his mouth, feeling their eyelashes brush before he met her gaze once more, a final beat of silence as he waited for her retreat. but it didnāt last long, the final distance between their mouths closed easily, magnetically, locking their lips together as he let his lips hold her soft pillows in an embrace, one he finally broke after a few moments before looking down into her eyes once more.
the space between them had shrunk dramatically as sebastien moved closer. it was what rose wanted yet her heart rate rocketed, spiralling beyond her control. her eyes widened, her pupils blowing open as desire coursed insistently under her skin. her gaze danced over his expression as she felt his fingers slipping into her hair. he was close. so close. roseās eyes slipped shut without thought, absorbed in the almost touch of his lips on hers. a breath caught in her throat and her eyes fluttered open, eyelashes brushing his as warmth bloomed across her skin. the pale expanse of her dĆ©colletage darkened, the flush spreading up her neck, as his eyes held hers. rose was entirely captured. she could never have resisted the charm, the quiet but powerful predator under sebastienās skin. when his kiss came, it felt like being set alight from within. roseās hand clutched his forearm, his hand still buried into her hair. only a few moments passed before he retreated, even as rose followed the kiss for a touch too long. her cheeks burned at the reveal of her own eagerness. her body hungeredĀ for him, though, beyond her control. a steady ache sat in her chest, needing so much more. blinking open dazed eyes, rose found his gaze quickly and focused on it.Ā āagain.ā rose barely breathed the word, her hand moving to the front of sebastienās shirt and clinging to the material as she closed the distance again for another kiss. rose had kissed boys before, knew the clumsiness, the awkward hushed laughter when two people bumped noses. this was different. they were on her bed and he was so much biggerĀ than her, his hands holding her like so much spun glass. emboldened - of course i like you, rosie - rose pushed herself up a little and kissed sebastien with far less restraint than heād shown, lips moving together in a steadily building rhythm that only fanned the flames in her veins. when this kiss broke, roseās breaths came a little harder, her pulse all the more insistent.Ā āsorry-ā she began to apologise out of habit, for being too much, too keen, too quick, but rose stopped herself with a slight frown.Ā āno, actually.. iām not.ā @exposurcā