Draven:
The sound of Lioren shifting in his crib made both of us glance over. We waited until he settled again, his tiny sigh filling the silence.
I slipped my arms around her waist from behind, resting my chin on her shoulder. She leaned back against me, her fingers tracing idle patterns over my forearm.
For a long time, we just stood there - no words, no rush. Just the quiet rhythm of two hearts beating in the same space.
"You know," she murmured after a while, "you are reckless."
"I have been told," I whispered against her hair. "But only when it comes to you."
She turned slightly to look at me, eyes shining under the dim light. "What am I going to do with you?"
"Keep me," I said simply.
Her lips curved again, and though she tried to hide it, I saw the affection in her eyes - the kind that melted the edges of every storm inside me.
