"In a minute," Silas replied, his voice a low rumble she felt in her own chest.
They were lying sideways across the mattress, their feet dangling off the edge while their heads rested near the center. It was a small rebellion against the order of the world, a private island where the only thing that mattered was the person within reach. [Noff] N&S Sideways Bed Sex
Nora shifted, her shoulder brushing against Silas’s chest. The air between them was thick with the kind of comfortable silence that only comes from years of knowing someone’s heartbeat as well as your own. Silas reached out, his fingers tracing the soft line of her jaw before settling in the crook of her neck. "In a minute," Silas replied, his voice a
As they moved closer, the awkwardness of their sideways position vanished. The world outside the bedroom walls—the deadlines, the chores, the noise—ceased to exist. There was only the friction of skin against skin and the quiet intimacy of two people who had found their perfect rhythm. Nora shifted, her shoulder brushing against Silas’s chest