You approach me like a punished dog, eyes cast downward, cautious smile like a tail wagging neurotically. You don't know what to think. You are out of your element, and you don't know what the situation is. You extend a hand toward me, but you doubt yourself, and it's like you are reaching to me through thick honey, your hand slowing, stopping.
I pause, give myself a moment to collect my thoughts and maybe, maybe, relish having this power over you, just for second. But I take pity on you (the luxury of those with power), I take your hand and pull you toward me, and right into my arms. Absolution has always been yours. Your kind gets away with anything.
The heat of your body is intense against my own. You settle your feet outside of my own and fold your arms around me. You take a great, shuddering breath and pull me in more tightly, until we are pressed together, chest to chest, belly to belly, thigh to thigh.
I breathe in your desert-cedar scent, run a hand over the muscles in your back and up the strong line of your spine. Some pragmatic part of me says, "Step back! Take your time, talk. There is work to be done here." But the pull of your presence is too much to endure; you compel me to touch you by being within reach. I am absolutely under your power.
Not a word has passed between us. I look up at you, and you look down at me. You smile gently, fingers brushing my cheek, one arm still pressing me close, tightly, almost painfully. Your nose touches mine and I tip my face upward and into a sudden kiss, taking you for mine.