Julian
The words hung between us in the quiet night air.
“Let’s have sex.”
I stared at her, the towel still damp against my hips, water droplets sliding down my chest. Evelyn stood on my porch in the soft porch light, her eyes dark and uncertain, the faint mark on her cheek a reminder of everything she’d been through. My heart slammed against my ribs.
“Evelyn…” I said, my voice low and rough. “Are you sure?”
She swallowed, her gaze flicking down to my bare chest before rising again. “I’m sure. I don’t want to think. I just… I need to feel something that isn’t pain.”
I stepped aside without another word, letting her in. The door clicked shut behind her. For a moment we simply stood there in the dim hallway, the only sound our breathing.
I reached up and gently cupped her face, carefu
