I'm late to this party, but since I've got Leonid open in another tab, I thought I'd pop in here first!
This was so sultry and sweet!
As he turns me to face the right direction, the palm of his hand on my hip to guide me, his thumb slips under my waist-length t-shirt and is resting on my skin, just above the waistband of my jeans, where the rest of his hand remains. I answer a few general ‘uh-huh’s’ to his explanations of the constellations, too distracted by the gentle movements of his thumb. My heart is pounding in my ears, my knees feel weak and I’m suddenly very aware that I want the rest of his hand to join his thumb.
So evocative! Love this, and love Clark's varied description of the same moment later!
I’m not paying attention anymore, distracted by thoughts of how much I miss that brief contact and trying not to analyze why.
...maybe it's the same reason she offered to drive him to a secluded location to star-gaze? I love the way she resists here.
I glance down at her face, memorizing her enthralled, unguarded expression.
I just loved this sentence - the assonance of the 'enthralled, unguarded expression' is so satisfying.
“I think mine’s already been answered. I’ll save that shooting star for someone else.”
Awwww! This is so great, too, because she doesn't
say what her wish is, but they both still
know.
I'm glad there's a second installment of this! On to the Leonids!
