With a touch, just one touch, just that little hitch of his breath, Fraser could erase everything else in the world. Could catch her and pull her in and she was nothing but wrapped up in him. She felt herself thaw, warm, as only he could do, and Victoria let her hands slide up to twine in his hair, to pull them so close that they were one and the same.
This was what she wanted. Just this. Him and her and forever. Because that's what it felt like when he touched her. Like this was what it all came down to, like this is what it always would be. And since the very first time Ben had touched her, this was all Victoria had wanted, had craved, had needed.
When he broke away she didn't move. Eyes closed, fingers moving to brush along his neck, down to rest on his shoulders, Victoria let herself bask in him. Just in him. Then she looked up at him.
And she wanted to see love there. She wanted to see Ben looking at her the way he had, once. But it was fear and it was regret and it was nothing she'd felt in his embrace, nothing she wished to find.
Face falling, Victoria stepped back. Away from him. "I love you," she said, as a final explanation, as one last plea. "I need you." And that was all she had.
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Date: 2008-01-10 08:38 am (UTC)This was what she wanted. Just this. Him and her and forever. Because that's what it felt like when he touched her. Like this was what it all came down to, like this is what it always would be. And since the very first time Ben had touched her, this was all Victoria had wanted, had craved, had needed.
When he broke away she didn't move. Eyes closed, fingers moving to brush along his neck, down to rest on his shoulders, Victoria let herself bask in him. Just in him. Then she looked up at him.
And she wanted to see love there. She wanted to see Ben looking at her the way he had, once. But it was fear and it was regret and it was nothing she'd felt in his embrace, nothing she wished to find.
Face falling, Victoria stepped back. Away from him. "I love you," she said, as a final explanation, as one last plea. "I need you." And that was all she had.
"Ben."