Is it possible to kiss someone without really kissing them? Because that’s what this feels like. You can’t remember ever feeling so connected to another person without actually touching them.

Your thoughts unwind and meander down a forbidden path.

You can feel his hands on the bare skin of your stomach. His legs between yours. His teeth lightly scraping along your collarbone.

It’s a white-hot feeling, so sudden, so intense, and so real that you shiver unwillingly.

You can’t do this anymore. You’re too close to giving in.

You sigh and then lie to him one more time,

“I’m cold.”