Thank you Eliza!!!
I'm super excited for this one! ☕️✍🏼
With her hands clasped behind her back, the athlete stood by the door, her head tilted to the side ever so slightly, as she watched the tucked-in blonde lay in her bed.
The hint of a rose blush on Alexia's cheeks, mixed with a soft smile on her lips and the most powerful, irresistible sparkling hazel eyes were enough to have Erin melt away as she glances back over her shoulder through watery eyes.
The power those eyes held.
"What... are you doing here?", Erin mumbles in a broken, hoarse voice as she pushes the white blanket off her just a tiny bit, yet enough to give her a full view of the stunning brunette.
"Well... Leila is keeping Misa busy and I thought... well... I, um... oh", Alexia stammers shyly, the rose tone on her cheeks becoming bright red, as she notices the therapist scooting to the side a bit without saying a word.
Right. No one had the power to cheer her up.
Well, almost.
Nevertheless, a small, grateful smile curls on the therapist's tender lips, her heart pounding a little faster as she hears slow, hesitant footsteps coming her way, moments before Alexia takes her place behind her.
Without hesitating any longer, for never the captain wouldn't let this chance pass, Alexia scoots up to the blonde on top of the blanket, until Erin's back is pressed against her front.
Alexia's breathing is trembling, just a little, the captain unsure whether or not she'd pushed it too far the moment she joined Erin in bed, but her nerves quickly settle when she feels a cold, shaky hand reach out from under the blanket, ice-cold fingertips wrapping themselves around her wrist.
Immediately, the captain senses goosebumps growing all over her body, the touch causing her to hold her breath as Erin slides a little closer to her.
She needed that touch.
"What do you mean 'Leila is keeping María busy?'", Erin wonders, her voice faint, pulling Alexia's strong arm over and around her body, because as she had wished for it earlier, the blonde just wanted to be held by the stunning brunette.
But she had little interest to hear the answer.
All Erin wanted was to feel Alexia's strong arm tightly wrapped around her slender body, and the familiar feeling of her warm thumb brushing circles on the back of her hand in slow, comforting movements.
"Can I explain this to you later?", Alexia asks softly, her voice gentle and caring as her eyes flutter shut, and she scoots even closer to Erin, if that was even possible, wanting to savor all the intimacy she was able to receive.
Oh, she would enjoy each and every second of this.
Alexia was happy that Erin wasn't pushing her away like she did with Misa. And she was surprised as another cold hand reaches for hers, entwining itself with her warm fingers, while the other was still grasping around her wrist firmly.
Almost as if Erin would never want to let her go.
And perhaps this was true.
Smiling happily, for it was impossible to suppress the feeling, the captain nuzzles herself into Erin's blonde hair at the back of her neck, taking in the fragrance of the gorgeous therapist, inhaling deeply, and exhaling slowly.
Mirroring Alexia's steady breathing, Erin can't help but smile.
Shutting her eyes, with the desire to forget everything else around them, to banish Misa, and especially the thoughts regarding Jenni from her mind, all Erin wanted was to enjoy the moment with Alexia.
