22.1: Bleeding Love
But I don’t care what they say
I’m in love with you
They try to pull me away
But they don’t know the truth
From the moment she knew she wanted Tom, Katie also knew that she was playing with fire. One did not sleep with her brother's commanding officer and get away with it. She also knew that the people around him were smart. They would notice even the smallest hint of her affection and seize on it. If she made a move, any move, she knew it would eventually become a scandal.
That didn't stop her. Nothing much ever did, but especially not when she was feeling things that she had never felt before. It was enough to make her hesitate, but every day she did, she twitched with want. Need. Anticipation. Every time they were together, and that was often with the excuses they kept finding to run into each other, her blood boiled and she wanted to grab him and claim him for herself...when they weren't arguing with one another over something of course.
What made it worse, what made her more angry and aroused all at the same time, was that he knew she felt that way. Every opportunity he had, he seized upon. The small innuendos only she would get. The look in his eye she swore was different when he saw her. The compliments on her outfits even though they never changed much. One afternoon, they were sitting on the couch in his office, and she felt his hand slide up her thigh. She didn't stop him, just closed her eyes and let it happen.
"You're a fucking tease, Ryan," she breathed, biting her lip to stifle the whimper as his hand stopped just shy of where she wanted it. Though her eyes were closed she could guess at the smirk on his lips.
"I could say the same thing about you, couldn't I?" he pointed out.
She opened her eyes and glared at him. He seemed like he was about to say something and she was going to make him eat his words. But then the phone rang, and he moved away to answer it. After that, the moment never was the same. And Katie found herself hating phones for a week.
Lt. Col. Katie Cohen Ryan
The Unit
357 Words
I’m in love with you
They try to pull me away
But they don’t know the truth
From the moment she knew she wanted Tom, Katie also knew that she was playing with fire. One did not sleep with her brother's commanding officer and get away with it. She also knew that the people around him were smart. They would notice even the smallest hint of her affection and seize on it. If she made a move, any move, she knew it would eventually become a scandal.
That didn't stop her. Nothing much ever did, but especially not when she was feeling things that she had never felt before. It was enough to make her hesitate, but every day she did, she twitched with want. Need. Anticipation. Every time they were together, and that was often with the excuses they kept finding to run into each other, her blood boiled and she wanted to grab him and claim him for herself...when they weren't arguing with one another over something of course.
What made it worse, what made her more angry and aroused all at the same time, was that he knew she felt that way. Every opportunity he had, he seized upon. The small innuendos only she would get. The look in his eye she swore was different when he saw her. The compliments on her outfits even though they never changed much. One afternoon, they were sitting on the couch in his office, and she felt his hand slide up her thigh. She didn't stop him, just closed her eyes and let it happen.
"You're a fucking tease, Ryan," she breathed, biting her lip to stifle the whimper as his hand stopped just shy of where she wanted it. Though her eyes were closed she could guess at the smirk on his lips.
"I could say the same thing about you, couldn't I?" he pointed out.
She opened her eyes and glared at him. He seemed like he was about to say something and she was going to make him eat his words. But then the phone rang, and he moved away to answer it. After that, the moment never was the same. And Katie found herself hating phones for a week.
Lt. Col. Katie Cohen Ryan
The Unit
357 Words