He felt flush. It had been awkward but nice at the same time. Not the visceral sureness that he sometimes imagined. His lips still burned from the kisses, and he was still stirring below, despite the release.
Shit, that. The unexpected kiss in the kitchen, the escape to the corridor, the mad fumbling of clothes and limbs, that wanting to but not knowing what to do with each other. They had totally forgotten themselves. Had it occurred to him, where would he have found a condom here at the prison? Glenn maybe. But he hadn't thought and totally got lost in the moment.
Despite the deep, long awaited satisfaction his body felt in this moment, his mind panicked - had she remembered too? She was back in her cell now he was sure, and he needed to seek her out. Could he have been more careless and irresponsible? Pregnancy was no small matter in this new world, and no easy one. He thought with a pain about the loss of Lori. Even tenuous life had a cost.
He slipped from the corridor where they had shared their first passion. They had agreed to depart separately to not cause suspicion, and he had sat there against the wall a good hour thinking of her and them before he had remembered his carelessness. That was not a door easily closed once it was opened.
He crept to her cell and stood, leaning against the door frame. 'Hey-ya' he called.
She looked up at him and smiled, 'Hey.'
'I…uh…,' he began.
'No worries,' she said calmly. 'I knew and didn't stop you,' she paused, 'it would be a welcomed consequence.'
He smiled at that, both his face and tone lightening. 'Yeah, but you could catch something from me.'
She laughed softly, 'Yeah, with all those women you run around with.'
He couldn't help but chuckle.
'Besides, it is what married people do,' after which she blushed and looked down.
He moved from the door frame and sat beside her on the bed. 'We kinda are, aren't we? Just haven't admitted to ourselves,' he took her chin in his hand and raised her face to meet his gaze. 'I'm sorry.'
'For what?'
'For rushing things, for not making our first time more special. I got so caught up in you and that moment. I just kind of lost myself.'
'You and I both,' she smiled
'Maybe we could make this a little more permanent-like - cell mates, bunk mates, whatever. Less of a need to hide and so I can give you the attention you deserve.'
She smiled, 'I'd like that.'
He cocked an eyebrow at her, 'Want to start now?'
'Sure,' she said and leaned in closer to meet his lips.