Another way by Martin Anna

Author:Martin, Anna [Martin, Anna]
Language: spa
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: MM Fiction
Published: 2011-10-10T08:28:39+00:00

Chapter Eleven

I WOKE the next morning in an indescribable amount of pain.

The problem was, I couldn’t decide what hurt more. My head, my heart, or my back.

I must have made some sort of noise, because Will rolled over and gently stroked my hair back from my face.

“Are you okay?” he asked, his voice husky from sleep as his eyes cracked open.

“Hurts,” I managed to say, without specifying where.

He leaned in and carefully placed his lips on my temple, letting them linger there before rolling out of bed. I heard the taps start for the bath and Will banging around, and then he appeared at my side.

“Can you move?” he asked.

“I… I don’t think so,” I admitted. My muscles had seized up during the night, and I was aware that I was still in the same fetal position that I had fallen asleep in. I tried to arch my back as if I were stretching out an ache and cried out in pain. The bad sort of pain, not the good sort.

“Shh, shh, I’ve got you,” Will said. He crouched down and slid an arm under my neck and another under my knees, maneuvering me until I was cradled against his chest. I clung on around his neck, too mentally tired to even be embarrassed about being taken care of like this.

He settled us into the hot water while the bath was still filling. I’d never paid much attention to the sunken bath in the room before; Will seemed to go to the shower by force of habit, and I’d always joined him there. I tried to relax back against his chest as his arms wrapped around me once more.

“Any better?” he asked, kissing my shoulder.

“Getting there,” I told him.

Once the water had filled to our chests, Will turned off the taps and gently, incredibly gently, started to massage my shoulders. I had to grit my teeth against the pain at first, then slowly it started to ease. He had me shift forward, sloshing water about as his hands traveled down my back. I couldn’t help the occasional hiss or cry of pain as he caught a sore spot. He always stopped and kissed my shoulder when that happened, a silent apology.

“What time do you have to be at work?” he asked as he started to rub my upper arms. He hadn’t hit them, but seemed to know that they were hurting from the strain of hanging on to my restraints.

“Nine,” I told him. “Shit, what’s the time?”

“A little after seven,” he said softly. “It’s okay. Do you want me to call in for you?”

“No, it’s okay, I’ll do it,” I sighed.

Finally, the hot water and Will’s hands made me relax enough to be able to lean fully back into his chest. He wrapped his right arm around me, pinning my arm to my side, and I turned my head as I rested it on his shoulder.

“Can you talk to me yet?” he asked. His fingers splayed out over my skin, over my heart, his palm pressed gently against where I had held it as we fell asleep.

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