The kitchen was indeed empty of all other Harper family members. That was a relief. Addison padded across the hardwood floors to the fridge to pull out breakfast supplies. Thankfully, Eric was a bit OCD about having a fully stocked fridge so it was full of food.
"Man, I thought our kitchen was clean..." Dylan said with a low whistle as he look around the kitchen.
"Yeah, my brother Eric is pretty anal retentive when it comes to the kitchen. He has an order for everything. Once or twice a month Aaron will go round and rearrange everything and make all the cans face backwards just to see Eric's reaction. It's the closest he ever gets to crying." Addison explained as she grabbed a bottle of milk and turned to Dylan. "Cereal or cooked breakfast?" She asked before pulling out a carton of juice so she could take her morning medication.
"Cereal is fine, what kind do you have?" Dylan asked.
"What kind don't we have." Addison rolled her eyes. "Aaron is addicted to anything with sugar as its main ingredient and Mark has this weird appreciation for muesli that no one apart from Mark understands." Addison said opening the cereal cupboard, which was also fully stocked.
"Holy shit, you weren't kidding." Dylan said smirking while he leant against the nearest kitchen countertop. The sight of Dylan stood there in just his boxers with a smirk on his lips was incredibly distracting. It took a moment or two for Addison to pull her eyes away from Dylan's torso and that damn tattoo of his.
"Um...what kind?" Addison asked pulling her focus away from the practically naked Dylan and nodding at the cereal boxes.
"Oh, Coco Pops." Dylan said and Addison shuddered. "Hey! Don't bad mouth the pops. They are the greatest edible thing created by man after apple pie." Dylan said looking thoroughly affronted at Addison distaste.
"Coco Pops are nothing but sugar and chocolate pretending that they are a breakfast food, I have no idea how you can eat that stuff." Addison said pouring Dylan a generous bowl of cereal despite her not actually believing that they were edible let alone a breakfast food.
"Well we can't all live off a diet of bitter black coffee." Dylan said in a teasing voice.
"Coffee and bagels, I'll have you know." Addison replied. She was busy concentrating on the cereal so she didn't notice Dylan moving ever so slightly. She wasn't aware of it until Dylan was resting his chin on Addison's shoulder then gently nuzzling into Addison's neck. "Excuse me but I'm trying to be a culinary genius here Dylan." Addison said fighting the smirk creeping across her face.
"Oh yes, those Coco Pops are a real fucker to get right." Dylan mumbled into Addison's neck. Now that the barrier between them had been knocked down neither Dylan nor Addison were taking any notice of the concept of personal space and Addison couldn't find it in her to care in the slightest. Sure she'd felt skin against skin, a hand resting on her arm or the ghost of a slow smile before but none of those had held the same weight as they did when they coming from Dylan. Maybe it was because Addison's barriers had been all but blown away.
"Excuse me but the ratio of cereal to milk requires complex precision." Addison said while Dylan chuckled devilishly into her neck. "I might find them the perversion of the cereal world but I'm not about to fuck up the science that is the perfect bowl of Coco Pops." She added causing Dylan to chuckle again, planting a small kiss on Addison's bare shoulder as he did so.
"You know, I like this version of you." Dylan whispered into Addison's ear.
"What? Half naked and pouring you sugar masquerading as cereal?" Addison asked smirking and she could practically hear Dylan rolling his eyes.
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All Of Your Flaws
Teen Fiction"You can't hurt people if you don't let yourself get close to them. It's also easier to run." Those are the words eighteen-year-old Addison Harper has believed for the past few years. She's content with living that way until Dylan Willis crashes int...
