THE IMPERFECT PERFECTIONS

•∆15~ 𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐠𝐨

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Aditya's POV:

The morning light slipped through the curtains and nudged my eyes open. It took me a moment to fully wake and then everything from last night came rushing back to my mind.

The kiss.

My first kiss.

I still couldn’t wrap my head around it. It happened at the most perfect moment, in the most perfect place and with the only person I would have ever wanted it with—my wife.

Instinctively, I reached toward her side of the bed, only to find it empty. A small panic rose in my chest until I felt something warm and soft across my stomach.

I lifted the blanket and the sight made me smile.

Taniya was curled into me, her arms wrapped around my waist, holding onto me in her sleep. Her face was half-hidden under her messy hair but her face looked incredibly soft and peaceful.

Careful not to wake her, I shifted and propped myself up on an elbow. Then I pulled her gently against my chest.

A few strands of hair had fallen over her face, so I brushed them aside.
She reacted immediately, burrowing closer as she pressed her face to my neck.Her breath warmed my skin and her body fit perfectly against mine, like we had been sharing a bed all our lives instead of just last night.

I  didn’t move after that. I just watched her sleep peacefully, completely unaware of the way my heart was slowly, steadily giving itself away to her.

There were nights when I had to talk myself out of reaching for her and mornings when I would lie awake wondering how it would feel to wake up with her beside me and now I finally knew.

It was better than anything I had imagined.

Taniya stirred in her sleep, lifting her head from my neck and before I could even react, she rolled right over me to the other side of the bed, still fast asleep.

A small laugh escaped me as I watched her. She moves so much in her sleep without waking up.If I didn’t already know she had a fixed wake-up time, I would’ve thought she was pretending to be asleep.

Her hospital shifts barely leave her time to breathe, let alone rest, so it made sense that she clung to every minute of sleep she found. She needed this trip,away from the chaos and pressure and she was finally able to relax without stress tugging at her every second.

And the most important thing was that this trip brought us closer.I never thought we would grow this close. At least not this soon.

When we first arrived here, I couldn’t even sit beside her without overthinking every angle. I kept drawing boundaries because I didn't want  to overwhelm her.I kept telling myself to move slowly and to give her room but now, those boundaries felt almost distant.

I reached out and slid my arm around her waist, pulling her gently back against my chest. She still didn’t wake up when I pressed a small kiss to her forehead, letting my lips rest there for a second longer than needed.

Then I settled back into the pillows, holding her close while the morning light slowly filled the room as my eyes grew heavy.

In a very long time, everything felt exactly and effortlessly right.

The next thing I felt was a light touch along my jaw. I blinked my eyes open but at first all I saw was a blur of brown hair and sunlight and then the shape sharpened.Taniya was leaning over me, smiling widely as  her fingers traced.