On The Sidelines by Adeline Brown

Author:Adeline Brown [Brown, Adeline]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Adeline Brown
Published: 2024-02-02T00:00:00+00:00

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OLIVER

Fallon let out a shrill scream when darkness fell around us.

I’d watched her for the past five minutes grow restless and twitchy. At first, I thought it had to do with our conversation, but as her gaze kept flicking up to the light seconds away from giving up, I knew I was wrong.

The only light illuminating her flat came from the street light below. It wasn’t much, but it was enough for me to make out the features of her face. She’d clamped a hand over her mouth, eyes wide, chest rising and falling with rapid breaths. Crouching before her, I reached up to pull her hand away from her mouth.

Ice-cold skin met mine as I grasped it.

‘Hey, hey, it’s okay, the lights just blown, I can fix it for you. Do you have another bulb somewhere?’

Her body started shaking. Fuck. She was scared of the dark. This wasn’t some childish fear that parents tease their kids about. This was pure crippling fear. My heart squeezed at how helpless she looked. The strong, smart-mouthed woman I’d grown accustomed to, vanished.

I tried rubbing some warmth into her frozen fingers. Her eyes kept darting around, seeing some hidden dangers I knew weren’t real, but they were extremely real in her head. She tried opening her mouth. No sound came out. I couldn’t watch her tremble any longer. I stood up, lifted her under her arms and hauled her into my chest—letting our bodies tumble back into the sofa.

She made no protest, and that fact alone made my heart break.

She wrapped her legs around my waist and straddled me, burrowing her face into my neck.

This close, I could hear her sobs rattling through her body and feel the tears dripping down her cheeks onto the collar of my shirt in tiny droplets.

I rubbed a hand down her back in soothing circles.

‘It’s okay. I promise.’

Her body gave a violent shudder. Nails dug into my arm, where she clung onto me. I didn’t give a fuck. She could slice me open all she wanted if it stopped her pain.

I gently pried her head away from my shoulder.

‘Look at me.’ My voice was soft but firm. Cupping her cheeks, I watched as she kept her eyes screwed shut.

Tears splashed down her cheeks. After a minute, she blinked her eyes open. When nothing but shadows met her, I saw panic rise in her eyes once more.

‘Hey, look at me and take a deep breath.’ I squeezed her cheeks, gripping it tight enough that she couldn’t turn her head away.

Moving my other hand to her back, I pushed past the initial thoughts creeping into my head of her in this position. My dick might be enjoying her warmth on me, but I ignored the appendage as it twitched in pleasure.

Pressing her to me so her stomach was against me, our foreheads nearly touching, I took a dramatic breath. ‘Come on, Pooh, breathe with me.’

The nickname she professed to hate softened the tension in her shoulders slightly.

Blinking away the tears, she hiccuped and followed my breathing.

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