He grabbed my neck and claimed my lips like he’d been waiting for it.

His hands roamed my body like he was starving for my touch and he knew my body now better than I knew it myself, after having drawn paths many times before, he followed them as though they led him home.

The lock holding my teddy together was a small sliver clip, he pinched it between his fingers and pulled, and the pieces flew down on the floor- the lace pulled to opposite sides and my chest was on full ...