Dead Weight
Maya answers by stepping closer, one hand catching in the front of his jacket, because apparently dignity has gone to bed early and left her unsupervised.
Eli exhales against her mouth.
Then the kiss deepens. Slowly. Fully.
His hand comes to her waist, firm enough to hold, gentle enough to trust. Her lips part and his tongue brushes hers, not hurried, not claiming, just honest in a way that makes her chest ache.
Maya forgets the yard. The fence. Dex. The story growing teeth behind her. For a few seconds, she is not commander, prophet, mistake, survivor, or woman with a machine in her head and a grave in another timeline.
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