Moving Objects

Chapter 26

"I'm going to crush you," I said going to move but his arms tightened around me.

"No you aren't."

I rolled my eyes and made myself comfortable on him while his fingers ran through my hair. I tucked my head against his neck as I laid there peacefully, breathing in time with Dimitri's rising chest.

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Warm. I was too warm.

I wiggled out of the warm embrace only to be blasted with the cold. I immediately rolled back into the heat that cocooned me and snuggle in, clinging to the cotton that brushed against my naked skin.

Wait. Naked?

I cracked an eye open to find that I wiggled out of both my shirt and pants last night only to wrap myself around Dimitri. Not that he seemed bothered by it, he was still asleep with his hand tucked under his head and a soft snore escaping his lips. I carefully made myself comfortable as I curled against his side, sticking a foot out from under the blanket to cool myself down without being blasted with cold air again.

I was clear that the storm was still going by the sound of the wind and I tried to look out the window but there was snow caked to the side that I could see. I turned my attention back to Dimitri as he started to move, rolling towards me, and then rolling me with him. When he stopped moving he was practically on top of me, his head resting in the crevice of my neck, his hand finding purchase on my chest.

I chuckled to myself and wrapped my arms around him the best I could, turning my head to kiss his hair. He stirred a little but stilled after with a sigh passing his lips, pulling me closer to him. I smile despite feeling like I was starting to burn up, enjoying the moment of stillness and completeness.

My fingers played with his hair as I laid there quietly, thinking about the time before the hardships we went through. I thought about the first time I realized I was crushing on my mentor, and how my heart ran ramped in my chest the first time he opened up to me about his father, and how I felt when he tucked the constantly out of place curl behind my ear. I smiled remembering the conversation we had on the roof of the ski lodge and I replayed the small moments over in my head, like watching our own love story come to life.

I wouldn't change anything. Because it made us who we were.

Lips pressed against my neck and I was brought out of my musing. "What are you thinking about?"

"Hmm?"

Dimitri kissed my neck again before rolling, dragging me with him. "You sighed heavily. What were you thinking about?"

I smiled up at him and pressed myself flush against him, intertwining my legs with him. "I was thinking about the Academy. About how we got to where we are. I used to daydream about you a lot when I thought my feelings were one-sided. But now thinking back, I should have seen the signs that you wanted me too much earlier," I said running my fingers over his cheek. Dimitri hummed in the back of his throat as he cuddled me, his lips brushing over my forehead.

"I was gone before I even realized it," he said giving me a tender kiss. His hands roamed over my sides before he pulled away, his eyebrows knitting together.

"I could have sworn that you were wearing clothes when we went to bed," he said and I chuckled, wrapping my arm around his neck and pulling him closer to me.

"I did, but I must have taken them off in my sleep."

Dimitri raised his brow at me as a flicker of lust-filled his eyes. I ran my fingers over his neck as I pulled him in for another kiss, moaning quickly when his hand came to my hip and gripped it tightly. His tongue ran along my bottom lip and I opened my mouth eagerly, rubbing my tongue against his. I hooked a leg around his as he rolled me onto my back, his forearm rested above my head as the other hand gripped the back of my thigh, holding me tight against him.