Distractions? (Nate)

[Shan Lewis (DELETED 3078)]

Rise and fall, the room hummed with her breathing. She was the delicate balance, the reason why he had stayed so long. She lay beside him and had done so for the past year. Tonight, he was to leave. The moments he tried to lengthen, the clock would seem to stop as if he willed it.

Her smell would live in his conscious forever, her laughter, her musical voice. He growled under his breath. She was a pretty distraction. That’s all she was supposed to be.

He dressed quickly, taking care to not disturb her. Finally when was ready, he prowls to the side, her side of the bed and lifts the hair from her neck, taking a breath, he kisses it heavily. She shivers but does not wake.

The door clicks as he leaves. The deed was done.