Love on Thin Ice
She wasn't wearing her protective armor today—no heavy knit sweaters, no structured coats.
She was just in an oversized, faded white t-shirt that hung loosely off one of her delicate shoulders, her dark hair falling in soft, messy waves around her face.
She looked small, fragile, and utterly exhausted.
Her amber-flecked eyes widened, her lips parting as she looked up at me. "Jaxson?"
The sheer, visceral proximity was an immediate assault on my sanity.
Being this close to her—without a desk between us, without a microphone or a crowded arena separating our skin—was total torture.