Closer than this

We have never been closer than this.

Your flickering eyelashes brush my cheek. Your breath is warm and fragrant with wine.
Your heartbeat is gentle and certain in the hushed stillness.

I mistake it for my own.

Your hand glides over the muscle of my stomach, your fingers trace a path on my chest. You draw delicious, delicate, dangerous circles in the dark nest of my hair.

I caress your perfect face, your brave shoulders, your elegant neck. I half capture your gently pulsing throat between a long finger and thumb.

I can feel you smile in the dark.

Your body melts into mine.

We have never been closer than this.

Closer than skin.