I wasn't planning on staying long.
The smell of overcooked burgers and cheap beer hanging in the air, the tinny sound of bad music blaring from someone's battered speaker--it all made me want to roll my eyes and leave.
And then I saw him.
Leaning lazy against the fence, like he owned the place. T-shirt stretched across a chest that looked hard enough to bruise, jeans slung low on his hips, one hand wrapped around a bottle of beer, the other shoved into his pocket like he didn't have a care in the world.
And those eyes.
God, those fucking eyes--dark, amused, already undressing me without shame.
I didn't even think.
I tilted my head, let my mouth curve into something slow and wicked, and I saw the way his body tightened like a coil ready to snap.
It only took a few steps.
A few murmured words no one else would catch.
And then we were slipping away -- down the side of the house, through the gap in the fence, into the kind of thick summer darkness that begged for bad decisions.
He caught my wrist when we were out of sight, spun me to face him, and for a second, we just stared.
Both breathing harder than we should've been.
Both knowing.
I let my fingers trail up his chest, feeling the heat of him through the thin fabric.
His hand moved to my hip, rough and greedy, pulling me flush against him.
I could feel him already -- the thick, hot shape of him straining in his jeans -- and it made my stomach clench, my thighs press together like I could trap the ache building inside me.
"Fuck," he muttered under his breath.
I smiled.
You have no idea.
Without breaking eye contact, I took his hand and dragged it under the hem of my dress.
He hesitated for half a second--then his fingers found me.
Just the softest slide across the damp silk of my panties.
A slow, lazy drag over my clit that made my head fall back against the rough siding of the house.
"Jesus," he breathed, voice raw.
I just laughed, low and dangerous, grinding against his hand until I could feel my pulse thudding against his fingertips.