We are both silently daring each other in the dark, he knows just what I want but he doesn’t want to give me.

I shudder from the cold air wafting in from the window.

“You should go to sleep, Lily. The storm is going to be raging for a long time” Jason says and I ignore him, I don’t more.

“I can’t sleep…not with how I feel right now” I say softly but loud enough for him to hear me, it’s between us, professor and student.

He lets out a hard breath, and I just know I ...