New life
Tue, 29 January 2008, 11:38 pm by jadeite“Once bitten, twice shy,” she offers; penitent, yet desperate for him to understand. “Third time unlucky. Fourth time…paranoid.”
He shakes his head, unyielding. “Baggage,” he retorts. Icy eyes. Back stiff. She’d never seen him look this way. “Don’t you trust me?”
Tucking her head into the curve of his neck, she takes a deep breath. Warmth, soap, comfort. His arm comes up around her. He begins to soften as she leans into him.
“I do,” she says honestly. “I do.”
