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“What about you?” Christina whispered, still shivering with the

aftershocks of her climax.

“You know what?” Taylor’s whole body ached with the need to do

more, but she sighed softly and kissed Christina slowly, savouring each and

every single second of those sweet, plush lips. “In a little bit. I think I’d

rather just— well— cuddle? Is that too corny?” She was surprised at her

own request, but once the words were out, she knew that was what she

wanted more than anything else. Even more than quenching the desire

blazing hotly through her.

Taylor wasn’t sure what Christina felt about things like that.

Cuddling. Intimacy. They were still just getting to know each other,

physically and otherwise. The one thing they hadn’t had much time to do

was just sit and hold each other. Taylor wasn’t even sure that Christina

would like that, or if it would push her buttons or infringe on boundaries

Taylor wasn’t entirely certain about yet. Christina just smiled at her though,

and shifted, opening her arms so that Taylor could press up against her. No

matter how her body screamed with physical need for Christina, for release,

for touch, Taylor felt that this was more important.

Christina wrapped one arm around Taylor, tucking her in against her

side, before placing a chaste kiss to her temple. “I don’t think it’s corny at

all.” Christina was soft. Reassuring. She let Taylor in, and Taylor knew how

special that was.

They looked up at the stars together, watching the night sky that

never seemed to change. Taylor marvelled at how spectacular it was. She

loved doing this, growing up. Sitting out behind the shed. She wasn’t sure

when she’d come to think of it as her spot but sharing it with Christina

made her feel warm in every inch of her body. She felt connected. One. One

with the massive sky above her and the hard, colder ground pressing up

through the blanket into her shoulder and back. She knew that she and

Christina hadn’t known each other for long, but she also knew that it was