"Im going to fucking break you" Reston seethed.
"Please. Please. Please. I beg you. Don't hurt me." I cried taking steps back.
Blair Summers has always lived in fear due to her relentless stalker, a presence that has haunted her since her mother mar...
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I'm kissing Reston back, I feel a surge of emotion that I can't control. Tears slip down my cheeks, unbidden, and before I know it, I'm sobbing. Reston pulls back, his face a mask of concern, and I can see the worry in his eyes. He reaches out, trying to comfort me, but as soon as he lifts my body slightly, I feel myself being guided away from him.
Emerald's arms are strong yet gentle as he picks me up by my underarms, settling me into his lap like a child. My sobs grow louder, echoing in the room as he cradles the back of my head with one hand, the other rubbing up and down my back. His warmth surrounds me, and I let myself melt into it, feeling like a fragile thing being held together by his embrace.
"What happened, Blair?" he asks softly, his voice full of concern.
I take a shaky breath, trying to find the words. "I just... I feel overstimulated .....and overwhelmed," I manage to say, my voice cracking under the weight of my emotions, almost shrill and squeaky.
Reston reaches out to give the top of my head a gentle scratch. I tilt my head back, sniffling, lift my eyes from Emerald's shoulder, meeting Reston's gaze.
"Do you want tea or coffee princess?" His expression softens as he asks. The truth is, I want tea. Something warm, something comforting, chamomile, I suppose. But I don't want to trouble him with the effort of brewing it.
"Cold coffee." So, I mumble instead. It's easier, less hassle, and I don't want to be a burden.
Reston sways his hand on my head and leaves the room, and as the door closes behind him, Emerald hugs me tighter. His embrace is everything I've been craving for so long. Five months. Five long, lonely months without this kind of closeness. And now, finally, I'm in someone's arms again. It's like a piece of me that's been missing has clicked back into place. I feel whole in a way I haven't in what feels like forever.
"What do you mean overstimulated?" Emerald asks as her caresses my back and my head.
"I've been feeling too empty all these months...and now suddenly I'm feeling too many things at once. Maybe my sadness from earlier just burst out. I don't know. I'm not good at this." I sigh in his shoulder. I missed his scent so much. I could smell it each time he was around my body but I couldn't really inhale it like I wanted to, like I can, right now.
"I should've put my ego aside for you, I'm sorry baby." His voice reverberates through me. I feel the ends of his hair tickle my face.
"I'm not a baby." I sigh.
"You're my baby." He says, his hand now gently touching my calves folded on either side on his, still holding my head.
"I thought you said...
"Don't think so much. Relax now." I'm cut off with his warning. What is with him? He literally does and says everything a person would do in a relationship, but he's just never going to let me even think in that direction. I lay quietly for a long while trying to even my breathing.
