I want you- oneshot
I want you
(You must listen to the song below, as you read- it will help you understand it better- the way I wrote it, but you don't have to. )
The song comes on. She's walking down the stairs, and he's waiting. First, it's just a few chords, just the melodic sounds coming from the band- no real lyrics.
It's all very innocent- or so she thinks. So she accepts his hand, as he leads them to where other people are dancing.
It's Heidi's birthday- Nathan has hired a band, to play her favorites- but Claire doesn't know what music Heidi likes- and doesn't anticipate what it all may mean.
But she's in his arms then, her hands are on his shoulders, and his arms wrapped around her waist- semi loosely, and that's it- that's when the song starts...
Oh, my baby, baby I love you more than I can tell...
It's just a song- that's all, she tells herself. How were they to know what song it would be?
He's just her uncle- She's his niece. Platonic, she tells herself- Platonic.
I want you so it scares me to death...
He looks at her, and the stare scares her- shivers go down her chest. It scares her because, if the lyrics were ever true- the expression he has then, is what she imagines it would look like.
Without her realizing it- her heart beat has doubled, and when electric guitar joins in, followed by the drums, she swallows. But her breath stops with the next lyrics.
I woke up and one of us was crying...
Claire's mind goes back, to the day at the Petrelli mansion, and to the room next to where they're dancing. She pulled out the piece of glass from the back of his head- she was crying.
You can look in my eyes and you can count the ways...
She can- or at least, if it were a possibilty, she would be able to. His eyes are on her alone- no smile- no frown- just immense intensity- so much, she feels she may drown in it.
I want you.
His breath hitches- Claire wants to gasp. The once ridiculous impossibilities- now seem to be somewhat true. Before she can fully form the thought of pulling away from him, because it's turning out to be too much- he pulls her in closer to him, but only slightly, so that the only ones who notice are just the two of them.
It`s the stupid details that my heart is breaking for...
Only then- is it, when the small corners of his mouth pull into a smile. His eyes move to her hair, and her mouth- her details.
He tossed some tatty compliment your way...
She had fallen for a replacement of him before- West. But she's never told Peter that- or has he known all this time?
And you were fool enough to love it when he said, "I want you."
She hadn't had any other option than to relish in the haze and pretend to feel something back for West. Peter was gone at that time- she had not other choice, than to confide in someone else. She had no choice but to be wanted by someone else.
Peter's breath meets her face, and it's warm, and sweet. His face changes again, he breathes in- His eyes search her face.
I'm afraid I won't know where to stop...
There's something- he's keeping something from her. When she tries to figure it out- he looks away.
His fingers slide around her waist- they pull her closer to him. They're so close that their chests are touching. It's so intimate- she's afraid others will notice, but that thought doesn't seem to be going through his mind.
One of Peter's hands finds its way to her cheek, so that it brushes it lightly- small- feather like caresses.
No-one who wants you, could want you more...
She should pull away- it might just be her that feels that way. She shouldn't think of them that way. Claire knows it's wrong- it's taboo, but she can't help it- She wants him.
Every night when I go off to bed and when I wake up
I want you
I`m going to say it once again `til I instill it
I know I`m going to feel this way until you kill it
His eyes don't leave her, she breathes in- she breathes out. It's too much- the words are too strong. Its just a song- he doesn't feel that way for her. It has to be her imagination that's concocting some type of lie to her- something so sweet and misleading.
He stands in front of her- beautifully- he's perfect- he's still, he doesn't feel that way. It's just a song. But then, he lowers his lips to her ear- he whispers the taboo words- he says it.
"I want you."