[ that stupid, beautiful smile on his face is because of her. the realization makes her light-headed, like the time she hung upside-down from the monkey bars as a child before the fear finally kicked in and she'd cried out for her sister kara, kara i don't know how to get back up.
her hands come up to skim fingers under his jaw then, her mouth fitting snug over his, teeth catching on his lower lip, her tongue dipping into his mouth as she leans her weight onto him until his back is flat against the bed. ]
Love you. [ breathless, maybe a little desperate. ] I love you. [ the words a hush against his mouth. ] I love you so much, Raleigh. [ her heart pounding in her ears, how did this happen. ( help. help, oh god, i don't know how to get back up. ) ]
[ the way she kisses him and says love you makes him think that he could stay in this bed for the rest of his life and be a very happy man. she loves him and she's pressing him into the bed and god he loves her so much.
but as she repeats the words over and over again, he picks up on the anxiety and desperation in her. one of his hands rubs her back in circles as the other pushes her hair away from her face. he kisses her softly and murmurs a quiet, ] It's okay, [ against her lips. ] It's okay, I got you.
[ falling is a terrifying thing - not because of the impact, because you expect that - but because of the fall itself.
she'd gone cliff diving with some friends after graduating university. she would have said no to a roadtrip to virginia because her daughter needed her first, but when a group of ten offers to take turns watching their favorite sunshine girl, how could she say no?
she'd jumped because one of the guys had threatened to pick her up and jump with her in his arms ( he'd been interested, she hadn't, they're still friends and he's getting married in the fall bring your plus one, i know you have one, i've seen pictures on facebook, meems ) and she'd decided that if she was going to fall from fifteen meters up in the air, she wanted to do it of her own volition.
there's a moment in between the leap and the plunge that you actually have time to wonder what's taking the water so long to come rushing up at you. it's plenty terrifying and it's kind of like the way she feels right now, her eyes searching raleigh's. ] How'd you sneak up on me like that?
[ sure they've been physical, have been incredibly fond of each other for a long, terrible while now, but love? it's such a loaded word. ]
[ raleigh has always given his heart away fairly easily. maybe a little too easily in some cases. he was always the sweet boy who somehow ended up much more invested in his relationships much quicker than his girlfriend. it ended up with him getting his heart broken a few times, but that didn't keep him from being interested in having a relationship eventually.
that was one of the big differences between him and yancy. raleigh was a relationship guy, yancy preferred flings most of the time. yancy threw an arm around raleigh's shoulder and commiserated when his little brother got his heart broken, raleigh steered clear of their room whenever yancy seemed interested in someone so he'd have some privacy.
so it's easy for raleigh to say i love you and mean it. but he gets why it's not always that easy for other people. he looks up at naomi and everything he feels about her is clear on his face. the love, the amusement, the way he thinks the sun would rise and set at her command if she wanted it to. ]
Guess I'm just stealthy like that, [ he murmurs as he leans in to kiss her against softly. ]
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her hands come up to skim fingers under his jaw then, her mouth fitting snug over his, teeth catching on his lower lip, her tongue dipping into his mouth as she leans her weight onto him until his back is flat against the bed. ]
Love you. [ breathless, maybe a little desperate. ] I love you. [ the words a hush against his mouth. ] I love you so much, Raleigh. [ her heart pounding in her ears, how did this happen. ( help. help, oh god, i don't know how to get back up. ) ]
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but as she repeats the words over and over again, he picks up on the anxiety and desperation in her. one of his hands rubs her back in circles as the other pushes her hair away from her face. he kisses her softly and murmurs a quiet, ] It's okay, [ against her lips. ] It's okay, I got you.
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she'd gone cliff diving with some friends after graduating university. she would have said no to a roadtrip to virginia because her daughter needed her first, but when a group of ten offers to take turns watching their favorite sunshine girl, how could she say no?
she'd jumped because one of the guys had threatened to pick her up and jump with her in his arms ( he'd been interested, she hadn't, they're still friends and he's getting married in the fall bring your plus one, i know you have one, i've seen pictures on facebook, meems ) and she'd decided that if she was going to fall from fifteen meters up in the air, she wanted to do it of her own volition.
there's a moment in between the leap and the plunge that you actually have time to wonder what's taking the water so long to come rushing up at you. it's plenty terrifying and it's kind of like the way she feels right now, her eyes searching raleigh's. ] How'd you sneak up on me like that?
[ sure they've been physical, have been incredibly fond of each other for a long, terrible while now, but love? it's such a loaded word. ]
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that was one of the big differences between him and yancy. raleigh was a relationship guy, yancy preferred flings most of the time. yancy threw an arm around raleigh's shoulder and commiserated when his little brother got his heart broken, raleigh steered clear of their room whenever yancy seemed interested in someone so he'd have some privacy.
so it's easy for raleigh to say i love you and mean it. but he gets why it's not always that easy for other people. he looks up at naomi and everything he feels about her is clear on his face. the love, the amusement, the way he thinks the sun would rise and set at her command if she wanted it to. ]
Guess I'm just stealthy like that, [ he murmurs as he leans in to kiss her against softly. ]