Love...as if...

Intro

   Bradley was always a light sleeper, that's how he was aware that someone had entered. He opened his eyes slightly and saw the dark outline of her body against the shadows of his room.

   "Hey." He said, his voice croaking slightly with drowsiness.

   "Hey." Vinci whispered. She moved closer and Bradley moved over automatically to give her a space on the bed. When she had curled up and was comfortable she took his hand into hers and gently squeezed it.

   They were silent for a moment, just lying in the dark facing each other. His eyes, already accustomed to the dark, Bradley could see the features of her face. She was beautiful. He blushed at the thought, and was glad that it was too dark for Vinci to notice.

   "Couldn't sleep?" he asked finally.

   "Didn't want to." Vinci said.

   Bradley squinted at her and a playful thought ran through his mind. "What do you want, if not to sleep?"

   Through the dark Bradley could see Vinvi's mouth curl into a smile and he could see the mischief in the glint of her eyes. He knew what she wanted. He knew the moment she came into the room. He just thought it polite and fun to let the moment draw out a little. Bradley smiled and moved closer so that their faces were barely an inch apart. He saw the expectation on Vinci's face as he and leaned in boldly – and kissed her nose.

   Bradley grinned at the slight annoyance that he saw on his girlfriend's face. She gave a tiny sigh but smiled. He always enjoyed teasing her at random times, and he was very grateful that she allowed it. He leaned in again and kissed her for real.

   Their lips met briefly and parted. There was a pause to breathe, and Bradley felt Vinci stiffen and then relax, and then she came in for the second kiss. He let her.

   They kissed hard and slow and deep. Bradley savored the taste of her lips as he pressed against her. He let go of her hands and took hold of her waist and pulled Vinci closer, body to body. She moaned in his mouth and Bradley grunted in reply. After ten seconds, they parted to breathe and to take each other in. Through the dark, Vinci looked radiant to Bradley and he couldn't help but smile at his own luck to have her in his arms.

   He went in to resume where they stopped, but it was Vinci's turn to tease. She jerked back playfully and grinned. She pushed forward twice, but kept her mouth just a hair's breathe away, letting him have her exhalation but not her essence. When Vinci tried for a third time Bradley reacted fast and caught her lips against his. She let him have her.

   Her hands roamed from his arms to his waist and up under his shirt to feel his bare skin against her palms. Bradley chose that moment to let her lips go and let his mouth drift to her neck, where he kissed hard and Vinci shivered in his arms. A surprised moan caught in her throat and Bradley felt it throb with her pulse against his lips. He chuckled at her expression, then smiled wickedly as he bit her neck. Not hard, but enough to make Vinci flinch and then giggle as he kissed and sucked on the spot.

   Her breathe was hot and heavy in his ears, but then suddenly, so was the annoying beeping of the alarm.

   Bradley reached for the phone without looking and found it. He squinted through one eye at the screen and swiped the alarm into silence. He dropped the phone back to the bed and sighed. He looked to the empty spot next to him.

   Lucky me, he thought...