Sloane

I wasn’t sure what to expect spending the night in a hotel room with Benedict, but it wasn’t what I got. I didn’t expect laughter, and teasing, and honesty, and vulnerability, and most of all, happiness. But that is what I got.

We didn’t go through two boxes of condoms, but we did finish off one and started the second. In between rounds of sex, we talked, touched, explored, and bared ourselves, bodies and minds to each other.

I’ve never felt more connected to someone, more ...