Though she blushed at his comment, she had been watching his face as he sprouted his improv lines, seeing his smile fall. Hopefully he wasn’t loosing interest in their playful roleplaying unless it was just reminding him of something? Cupping his cheek gently, she smiled bashfully at him and hoped her words and actions could help with that.
“I did not know such tales were woven of me but really…the only beautiful one I see is thee…brave, strong, handsome and just the most wonderful of all…” she spoke earnestly, combining her true feelings into her acting.
“You have risked much to get so far and for that I am truly thankful..it must not have been easy but it shaped you into who you are…someone I have fallen instantly in love with. I would be most honored to bask in your presence for all time.”
Lowering her hand from his cheek, she scooted over to him and cuddled into his side, sighing contently. Though this was meant to be a form of fun foreplay, she couldn’t help but shower him with love and hope it would ease his heart. Perhaps it would even earn her a kiss? She loved it when he took the initiative to do that if nothing else.
And it did ease his heart. Jack tilted his cheek into her hand, almost like a cat being petted, closing his eyes with contentment as he listened to her words. It took all his resistance not to pull her into his arms and cover her with kisses right away, but that wasn’t the way this sort of fantasy went – and he wanted to do it right.
“The honor would be all mine,” he answered her, smiling once again. As Katelynn cuddled against him, Jack wrapped one arm around her. With his free hand, he reached up and caressed her cheek. “I never put much faith in love at first sight. But now, when I see you, princess, I could easily believe in it.” He leaned in and buried his face in her hair for a moment, breathing in her warm, sweetly exciting scent. “You are as kind and sweet, as generous and brave, as you are beautiful. And I love you.”
Jack shifted a little so that he was leaning partway over her, gazing down into her eyes. “If I may be so bold, dearest Katelynn, as to ask for a kiss?”
Her breath hitched as she stared up at him, feeling this position to be quite enticing and romantic as she lay under him and tried to keep her breath steady. His question alone had her heart racing for too many reasons to list.
“The gentleman may have what he wishes of me..” she whispered rather low, reaching up and running her finger along his chin. “For my own lips hunger for yours as well.”
Her tongue darted out to quickly lick them in anticipation of his kiss.
Jack knew that the appropriate, in-keeping-with-the-fantasy thing would have been for him to woo her a little longer, teasing her with poetic words before he finally easing into the kiss. But ‘hunger’ was the right word – he wanted her badly, and when he watched her lick her lips, he knew he couldn’t wait any longer.
He dived in and kissed her passionately, humming with pleasure against her lips. His arms held her close as he rested his weight gently on top of her; in the warm, dark confines of the pillow fort, they had no choice but to press their bodies as close as possible, and Jack definitely wasn’t complaining about that.
Jack Maple 