WILLIAMThe morning light slipped through the half-drawn curtains in soft, golden ribbons, painting stripes across the tangled sheets. I woke slowly, the way you do when your body knows before your mind that something perfect is happening. Sky was still asleep in my arms, her bare skin warm against mine, her breathing deep and even. Last night, after she had drifted off exhausted, sticky, beautifully spent. I carried her to the bathroom. She hadn’t stirred once while I ran the water, washed her gently, dried her with the softest towel I owned, then slipped her into the black lace lingerie I had bought weeks ago on a whim and never dared to give her until now. It clung to her curves like it had been made for her body alone. Seeing her in it, vulnerable and trusting even in sleep, had nearly undone me all over again.I tightened my arm around her waist, pulling her closer until her back pressed fully to my chest. Her hair smelled like my shampoo, mixed with the faint trace of her j
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