[ Jesus Christ. Gansey’s jaw relaxes and then tightens, his eyes never leaving her face. Automatically he shifts closer to her, so aware of every movement. Her warm breath on his skin makes him feel electric. God, why couldn’t they? Just this once, in the forest, where no one is looking. ]
Maybe we could – just because it’s cold…
[ He’s very careful about the way he puts his arm around her. It hooks gently around her shoulders, and his hand settles on the top of her arm and he pulls her in just a little, to rest against his chest. His other hand keeps hold of hers.
It’s a gesture that seems simple and easy, and on the outside Gansey looks as calm as ever. On the inside, his heart is racing and his skin is prickling and he can smell her hair and she’s close, so close, like she’d been that night under the stars when he held her beside the Pig. He knows that he is not allowed to do this. His breaths are shallow with the risk of it, and with the hope of everything he would love to be between them. A little shiver passes through him, and it has nothing to do with the cold. ]
If I could kiss you, I would do it now. [ It’s a thing he doesn’t mean to say, and his arm tightens around her just in case. ] If I could do that, I don’t think I’d be cold at all.
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Maybe we could – just because it’s cold…
[ He’s very careful about the way he puts his arm around her. It hooks gently around her shoulders, and his hand settles on the top of her arm and he pulls her in just a little, to rest against his chest. His other hand keeps hold of hers.
It’s a gesture that seems simple and easy, and on the outside Gansey looks as calm as ever. On the inside, his heart is racing and his skin is prickling and he can smell her hair and she’s close, so close, like she’d been that night under the stars when he held her beside the Pig. He knows that he is not allowed to do this. His breaths are shallow with the risk of it, and with the hope of everything he would love to be between them. A little shiver passes through him, and it has nothing to do with the cold. ]
If I could kiss you, I would do it now. [ It’s a thing he doesn’t mean to say, and his arm tightens around her just in case. ] If I could do that, I don’t think I’d be cold at all.