It could have gone so many ways.
We spent the past week apart fighting with every breath. At times fighting for each other, at times fighting each other. Now, he stood there. Barely an arm's length away, I felt the tension pass by every second. All the arguments culminated to this - a silent exchange of everything left unsaid. I don't even remember what we spent the days arguing for. All I knew was that at that moment, I didn't know anything else except him.
"Peggy..." he breathed.
His hands were on me. I felt my fingers trembling at his touch.
/I'm sorry/ they whispered. /I missed you/
A tear rebelled beyond whatever remaining strands of stubbornness I had left, defiantly rolling down my cheeks.
He pulled me close and before I could react, his lips were on mine. My body melted with relief. His lips were familiar, sweet, safe. My heart burst into exclamation marks, and if anyone happened upon us, they would hear the wordless prayer screaming through my veins.
His arms wrapped tighter around my back, gripping the gently dip around my waist line. My hands instinctively wove themselves around his neck, leaving their frantic trail along his arms. My fingers ran themselves restless through his hair and down his cheek.
Before I could begin to formulate anything, his lips left mine, taking my breath with them. They found themselves a new project, collaborating with his teeth and tongue to tease and torment the exposed flesh of my neck. I struggled to breathe, barely even able to moan. My body betrayed my will for coherency and control. My back arched, and I bent myself towards him as an offering.
Slowly, his hands found their way to my waist, and to the hem line of my shirt. He paused from his ministrations, a question perched on the pulsing pink flush of his lips.
"Yes"
His lips found mine and stole another kiss. He inched forward, forcing me to back until I stumbled into the bed. Falling on top of me, my shirt was wrestled out of me, leaving me clad in my skirt and bra. The skirt did little for my modesty while my legs parted like the rivers that flowed between them.
I was mad with desire, reaching, desperately drinking in the exposed skin meeting my own. Each point of contact was a prayer, a confession, an apology. Each was answered with another.