Intimatepov ((better)) -

Some people search their whole lives for a moment this quiet. And here I am — tangled in sheets and you — afraid to move, because moving might break the spell.

That's what intimacy is, isn't it? Not the loud moments. Not the declarations. It's the way your thumb traces the same small circle on my hip when you're lost in a book. It's the half-smile you give me from across a crowded kitchen, like we're sharing a secret no one else could hear. intimatepov

But then your eyes flutter open, still hazy with sleep. And you whisper, "Can't sleep either?" Some people search their whole lives for a moment this quiet

I don't remember when I first noticed the way you breathe when you're almost asleep. intimatepov