Glimpse

Chapter 25: Shayne

For those who didn't read last chapter, here's a pg-13 summary:

Courtney wanted to know if what she experienced at Ian's house was really hers and not Alternate Courtney, so she decided to force a Glimpse. Shayne couldn't take watching her, so he called Damien to help.

When Courtney Glimpsed under Damien's supervision, she woke to find Alternate Courtney's body handcuffed to her bed, being teased to the point of pain remotely by Alternate Shayne who was out with Alternate Damien making amends. Alternate Courtney tells her that Alternate Shayne was taking out his anger on Shayne and Damien because Alternate Courtney was dumb and asked for a threesome, and Shayne fucking up Alternate Damien's job was just Alternate Shayne's excuse. She also figured out that the body link is only in effect when she is in the Parallel World, so everything she felt at Ian was hers. She learned that Alternate Courtney calls Alternate Damien, Dame-Dame.

When Courtney returned, what she felt in Alternate Courtney's body has clearly effected her body in her world, and she needed relief fast. To her surprise, Shayne was in the room, not Damien. He told her that Alternate Shayne wanted to apologize though he refused to tell Shayne why.

Despite Shayne insisting on helping her find release, she managed to think straight enough not to let him as she knew that what she was feeling belonged to Alternate Courtney. She did, however, allow him to hold her while she took care of herself, so to speak. She also got the confirmation that Shayne wanted her as Shayne remained himself the entire time.

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With the sun setting hours ago, darkness poured over Courtney's near-silent room. The only sound originating from the subdued hum of her A/C, its frosty air accompanied the crisp evening wind that breached her thin apartment walls. It chilled Shayne's bare chest, seeding skin with goosebumps and easing the tightness in his pants.

The moonlight leaking through her blinds tangled Courtney's disheveled locks, beams casting an ethereal glow over her exposed back. Shayne sketched its path up and down her spine, fingertips skimming fire. Despite Courtney achieving her release not too long ago, her flushed skin burned his calloused pads. The lingering effects of her Glimpse simmering rather than coming to an end.

Searing flames soothed his chattering teeth, her naked form draped over him. Slickness-coated thighs straddled jeans as she buried her head in his chest.

Whimpered cries splattered his pecs, her tears terminating the last vestiges of his need. Overwhelming. Everything had been overwhelming. For her. For him.

The panic when Damien had called and worst-case scenarios inundated his brain. World spinning as he dodged red lights. His instincts. Both instincts frantic to protect. Their similarity running in tandem, simultaneous. Strength amplified as two acted as one for a brief instance.

The confusion when he had barged into her room and movement flooded his sights. Hitched breathing. Clenched fists. Pressed legs. A drastic difference from her usual unmoving form he had witnessed during her previous Glimpse.

The lust when her overpowering musk had infiltrated his senses and her need immersed his taste. Shayne shivered. The scent still lingered, now stronger than before. Coating him.

The sudden switch in Alternate Shayne's demeanor. This new level of intimacy. This revelation of trust. All at once, everything inundated him. A rush of information that his mind still struggled to process. A rush of information that had clearly shattered her.

I'm here now.

Flattening his palm on the small of her back, Shayne hoped to reassure through touch.