𝐇𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐋𝐘 𝐉𝐄𝐀𝐋𝐎𝐔𝐒 - 𝐃.𝐌.

ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ 88

Savanna Holcombe:

Something most people don't speak about all that much, is the importance of meaningful  aftercare.

It's the way you catch your breath and relax. Thinking about everything that you had just done.

There's something so special and warming about lying naked in your lover's arms.

My favorite parts of the beautiful moments after making love are:

The gentle and light kisses.

The holding each other in protection.

The tired and foolish smile you can't wipe off your face.

The beautiful way you just exist together.

All of those feelings are what i'm experiencing right now.

No one talks about the calm and peaceful kind of sex.

It's the kind where you're slow and patient with each other.

I loved the way he made me feel protected the whole time. And the way he held me, showing me how precious I am to him.

And the fact that Draco was capable of doing that for me was everything I needed.

My head rests on his chest, and my hand rests there too.

"Thank you for being gentle with me." I say.

"I didn't think about how much I would love something like that. But it was everything I didn't know I needed."

"You really liked it?" I ask, assuming something like that wouldn't please him.

"Yes. That was the best experience of my life. Everything was you."

"Everything was you." I say back.

The best experience of his life.

I almost can't believe it.

"I'm gonna be completely honest with you." he says, "We're doomed."

I assume he's speaking on behalf of how we have to work for Tom.

"Shhhhh." I tell him.

"My bad. Forgot." he mumbles.

I shake all that off.

I intertwine my hand with Draco's, "This is what love feels like."

"What does it feel like?" he asks.

"You. You're my soulmate."

"And you're mine."

Draco gets that familiar glint in his eye.

I can already sense what's about to happen.

A tear falls and lands on his chest.

"What's wrong?" I ask.

"Promise me you'll never leave me. Ever." he says.

I sit up and hold the back of his neck in my hands.

"I promise." I whisper, giving him a slow kiss on the lips.

"You and me." I mutter against his lips, "Forever."

One of my favorite things about Draco is the way he acts so tough, but he's really so sensitive. I've dug so deep that i've found a new version of himself.

When we break our kiss, he studies my face.

He pulls me against him from my lower back, and I wrap my arms around him.

His head burrows into the crook of my neck.

"Beautiful girl." he mumbles.

He kisses around that spot, until he says the words i've been waiting to hear from him all night.

"I love you."

"I love you too. So much." I reply.

He comes up and looks at me again, and a cute little smile grows on his face.

"I think you're an angel."

I can tell he's actually being serious by the way he's looking at me.

"I wouldn't be surprised if you were one." he adds.

I don't deserve him.

He sighs, "I don't know how you learned to love a demon like me."

I move the hair out of his face so I can see his eyes, "You learned to love. Would you treat me the way you treated me a year ago ever again?"

"Absolutely not." he replies.

We stare at each other, in the silence.

"Savanna." he mumbles.

I listen.

"If you didn't take me back I wouldn't be here right now." he says.

"I wouldn't be here either. Knowing I lost who I needed to keep me alive." I say.

He takes my chin in his fingers, looking at my face and then stopping at my eyes.

"Beautiful." he smiles.

"You are." I say.

He raises a brow, "I'm not."

"Yes you are."

Then we kiss. I don't think i've ever kissed him this much in a day before.