Evaline:
Instead of answering his teasing words, I leaned in and kissed him.
It was soft... so soft that for a second, I wasn't sure he even felt it. But I knew he did. His breath hitched. His eyes widened for the briefest moment, then fluttered closed as he responded by kissing me back. The surprise melted into something warmer, something deeper.
My fingers curled into his shirt and I anchored myself to him as he tilted his head and deepened the kiss. His lips were moving against mine slowly, deliberately, coaxing, savoring. Like he had all the time in the world to memorize me. It was unhurried at first - just mouths meeting, lips brushing, breaths shared.
I sighed into the kiss, and that's when I felt something shifting.
Something changed between us, something raw and hungry stirred.