"The circumstances are all wrong." Her jaw clenches as she says it, because her body remembers what it's like to kiss him. Even now, her response to the memory is visceral, setting up an ache that resonates in her entire body.
"And anyway, it's not like that."
Because he doesn't have to touch her to make her feel like that. The touching was just a confirmation of everything else.
I heard the nurses talking, Alex. And in the whole time you've been in hospital, you've only said one word. 'Gene.'
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She looks back at him, her heart in her mouth.
"The circumstances are all wrong." Her jaw clenches as she says it, because her body remembers what it's like to kiss him. Even now, her response to the memory is visceral, setting up an ache that resonates in her entire body.
"And anyway, it's not like that."
Because he doesn't have to touch her to make her feel like that. The touching was just a confirmation of everything else.
I heard the nurses talking, Alex. And in the whole time you've been in hospital, you've only said one word. 'Gene.'