He had come over for dinner while I was still working at home. I told him I'd join him once I was done with my work. He leaned over my shoulder and I could just barely smell his body wash, something young and enticingβcoconut mixed with peppermint. It made me want to rest my head against his chest and breathe him in. But I kept my eyes focused on the words in front of me.
"I'm almost done," I said, "Then we can go watch TV."
He breathed deeply in reply, his warm breath tickling the sensitive skin on my neck. He leaned forward again, the scruff of his beard brushing the tender spot between my neck and collarbone.
"Okay," he whispered playfully, his hands finding their way to my tense shoulders and beginning to massage. "I guess I'll let you finish first."
I tried to focus on the paper in front of me, but the letters were becoming blurred as I gave into his touch. It was like all the tension from my long day of work was traveling out of my shoulders and into his hands.
I closed my eyes, imagining the veins in his arms. Those fucking sexy veins. I had tried for weeks now to stop tracing over those veins with my eyes, stop picturing those hands on me. We were friends. Nothing like that could happen.
Still, I could feel the sexual tension in the air. It was strong, palpable.
He hesitated for a moment and I wondered what he was thinking. We hadn't done anything yet, just harmless flirting here and there, but nothing concrete. Even though we both knew we wanted it.
His fingers slid slowly up the base of my neck, pressing slightly at the vein that was pulsing with anticipation. "Mhmm," he sighed. "I guess I'll leave you alone."
His voice was thick and it sent goosebumps from my neck down to my legs. It was fucking insane how just his voice could do that to me. I closed my eyes then opened them again, forcing myself to look at the screen in front of me. He pressed his chin into my neck again, then slowly moved upward, scratching me softly with his beard.