August 31, 2007
Title: Take Two: Striptease (Part 14 of Barely Breathing)
Author: Befanini
Rating: M
Disclaimer: Hell, I wish. XD
Summary: "With a pinch of sin…" Sequel to BareNaked
A/N: As before, inspired by, and dedicated to,C4PyroGirl. You can read the original alpha theme set by her at the GojyoxSanzo y! club, titled "50 Sentences".
Also for Daxzia. Chibis say: get better soon, clone mommy!
#01 – Motion
He used to narrow his eyes and give me a withering glance every time he caught me staring, but hell can you blame me? Dammit, even the man's shadow has grace, I swear. Just watching him sitting there in the darkness, perched on the windowsill, a mere silhouette of fine lines and graceful limbs and the cigarette smoke curling from his fingertips… just watching him breathe mesmerizes me. It does to this day.
My secret joy is to wake before him and watch him sleeping. The way those impossibly long eyelashes fan out on his cheeks as his eyelids twitch ever-so-slightly… the steady rise and fall of his chest, the way those silky strands shift across the pillow like liquid fire when he turns his head, his lips parted softly with the rhythm of his breathing… and I wait for it, and I watch for it, and then it comes – the faint, sweet smile playing on those lips that let me know he is dreaming of me – and Heaven help me I cannot help but give in and move to wake him with a kiss.