by J. L. White
I haven’t started looking for work here yet. Connor’s encouraged me to take a short break after I move so I have some time to really think about what I want to do next. It’s not a bad idea, so I won’t start looking until I’m moved and settled. That would be the perfect time for us to take a longer trip together.
“Where do you want to go?” he asks easily, still playing with my hair.
“I don’t know. Japan?”
He chuckles and wraps his arms around me, settling deeper into the couch. “Hmm. Good choice. I’ve never been to Japan and that one’s been on my list for a long time.” He’s got that honey-sweet pull to his voice. I look up and see that adventurer’s glint in his eyes.
“We could go right now,” I say.
He laughs, strokes my cheek, and gives me a kiss. “Or we could get out a calendar and do it that way.”
“A calendar?” Corrine says, acting shocked he isn’t just jumping on the boat two seconds after realizing he wants to go somewhere.
He shrugs, not at all bothered from what I can tell. “She told her boss she’d stay until August 14. Anyway, I’d like to get a contractor finalized for the renovations to the teen center first.”
Lizzy’s giving him a fond smile. “I think you’re all grown up, kiddo.”
“Don’t call me kiddo.”
I put my mouth next to his ear. “She wouldn’t call you kiddo if she knew what you can do with that cock of yours.”
Connor laughs and holds me closer.
“What are you two giggling about over there?” Lizzy asks, but forgets all about us when Corrine lays down her cards and yells, “Gin!”
“Dang it.” But Lizzy is smiling easily. As she gathers up the cards and starts shuffling, Connor tucks his finger under my chin so I’ll look at him.
He gives me that tender look, and I soften against him, smiling.
“I love you,” he mouths silently.
“I love you,” I mouth back, feeling safe and secure in his arms, with no fears about where he might go or what he might do next.
It’s only been four days since Connor showed up dripping wet, declaring his love for me and calling me his anchor. Maybe a reasonable person would wait to see if he really means it or if he’s going to end up getting restless later after all, but I don’t need to wait.
I see it in his eyes. I feel it in his arms and in my heart.
I’ve tamed the wind, and made it mine.
The End
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