Ethan
She didn't answer, she didn't say yes... she didn't say no.
She just looked at me, her lips barely parted, her breathing faster, her eyes riveted on mine as if she were fighting with herself.
I waited a second, two. But I couldn't stay suspended in that uncertainty.
I had spent too much time in silence, not this time.
I took her other cheek gently.
I felt the warmth of her skin under my fingers. Her pulse racing. The slight tremor that I was trying to control.
"Clara," I murmured.
And I bowed.
The first contact was slow, almost careful. Like I am touching something fragile that could break.
My lips barely brushed her, a caress that lasted a second longer than was necessary.
I waited for her to step aside, she didn't. Her breathing stopped for a moment and then she responde
