[ She can feel his eyes track over her face, like he's unsure - and maybe he is, but she doesn't know of what. There are a million things she could offer, and if he was someone else, maybe she would. Maybe she would lean in, right here, press her lips to his in a grateful kiss, but.
She's already pushed so many boundaries, tonight, and she has no idea if rejection wouldn't send her spiraling again. She wouldn't risk their fragile connection just for a physical one, as much as she'd like it - some things are more important than sex, and intimacy is still there, in the few inches between them, his hand on her and her hand on him and her vulnerability, spilled out on the sheets. ]
It's all pretty much staples - beans and rice. Ropa vieja is a family favorite.
[ It feels easier to keep talking about food than the tension between them right now. ]
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She's already pushed so many boundaries, tonight, and she has no idea if rejection wouldn't send her spiraling again. She wouldn't risk their fragile connection just for a physical one, as much as she'd like it - some things are more important than sex, and intimacy is still there, in the few inches between them, his hand on her and her hand on him and her vulnerability, spilled out on the sheets. ]
It's all pretty much staples - beans and rice. Ropa vieja is a family favorite.
[ It feels easier to keep talking about food than the tension between them right now. ]