She opened her heart to him in that moment. He turned just as her face tilted away across the landscape, eyes sliding over to the orchard they both knew lay there within the shroud of night. They were shared memories, fundamental moments they both held onto. Burnt into their collective childhoods. They could have been fourteen again, in that moment, as they awkwardly began stealing kisses and exploring each other physically. But they weren't. At the same time the timeless was dyed deeply with the intervening absences.
Part of him was oddly furious with her, he realised, as she talked about how she had kept him in her heart. His picture in her room. In her wallet. Carrying him around. She had every right, of course, but also...it felt like a violation at the same time? Like, how dare she assume to say he was still in her blood? That it was ok to continue to pine after him when it had been her that broke things off? It was an odd, heady, rush of anger that filled his system like an electric shock. And it surprised Charles because another part of him was melting at the sight of the small, heart-broken, young woman standing there so vulnerably before him. A part of him that was shocked he was even vaguely angry...
And then the heavens opened. The static charge, the taste of electrical energy on the air all day, boiled over. Thick sheets of rain came seemingly out of nowhere, pounding down on the town and on them. They ran, following their instincts from picnics and town functions and school outings of old - pounding down the hillside to the bandstand that stood, ornate and ancient, within the centre of the park.
It had been built almost a century ago, back when the town was young, a roof sitting on tall, ornate, wrought iron pillars. Large enough to hold a small band on its wooden floor. Open on all sides, it nevertheless provided the only cover from the elements anywhere in the park, and it was where they both sprinted as their clothes were soaked through in the sudden, violent, downpour.
Charles watched as Maddy reached it first, staggering inside, her body soaked. Her clothes clung to her wet form, accentuating her shape, and he felt his heart hammer as he passed under the cover himself. Unable to stop his momentum, he sort of collided with her from behind, sending them both sprawling into a heap on the floor. Entangled. Her body slightly under his, semi-spooning semi-on top of her from behind, as they lay there entangled together.
His heart hammered. Lust. Confusion. Fury. Resentment. Need. It all swirled within him. He was so close...so close to her she filled his senses. His breathing came hard. Hands moved instinctively. He could barely control his own body, so powerful were the forces fighting within him. His left hand tangled in her wet hair, the grip hard. Controlling. Turning her head. But his lips went to her throat, not her mouth, even as he turned her face towards his. His cock was suddenly achingly hard, furious like the rest of him, and his other hand slid around to fumble with the button of her jeans.
What was he doing? He had no idea. Not at all. But in that moment raw emotion was making him take control of the smaller young woman.
Part of him was oddly furious with her, he realised, as she talked about how she had kept him in her heart. His picture in her room. In her wallet. Carrying him around. She had every right, of course, but also...it felt like a violation at the same time? Like, how dare she assume to say he was still in her blood? That it was ok to continue to pine after him when it had been her that broke things off? It was an odd, heady, rush of anger that filled his system like an electric shock. And it surprised Charles because another part of him was melting at the sight of the small, heart-broken, young woman standing there so vulnerably before him. A part of him that was shocked he was even vaguely angry...
And then the heavens opened. The static charge, the taste of electrical energy on the air all day, boiled over. Thick sheets of rain came seemingly out of nowhere, pounding down on the town and on them. They ran, following their instincts from picnics and town functions and school outings of old - pounding down the hillside to the bandstand that stood, ornate and ancient, within the centre of the park.
It had been built almost a century ago, back when the town was young, a roof sitting on tall, ornate, wrought iron pillars. Large enough to hold a small band on its wooden floor. Open on all sides, it nevertheless provided the only cover from the elements anywhere in the park, and it was where they both sprinted as their clothes were soaked through in the sudden, violent, downpour.
Charles watched as Maddy reached it first, staggering inside, her body soaked. Her clothes clung to her wet form, accentuating her shape, and he felt his heart hammer as he passed under the cover himself. Unable to stop his momentum, he sort of collided with her from behind, sending them both sprawling into a heap on the floor. Entangled. Her body slightly under his, semi-spooning semi-on top of her from behind, as they lay there entangled together.
His heart hammered. Lust. Confusion. Fury. Resentment. Need. It all swirled within him. He was so close...so close to her she filled his senses. His breathing came hard. Hands moved instinctively. He could barely control his own body, so powerful were the forces fighting within him. His left hand tangled in her wet hair, the grip hard. Controlling. Turning her head. But his lips went to her throat, not her mouth, even as he turned her face towards his. His cock was suddenly achingly hard, furious like the rest of him, and his other hand slid around to fumble with the button of her jeans.
What was he doing? He had no idea. Not at all. But in that moment raw emotion was making him take control of the smaller young woman.