She was held now. Of course, Giana’s hand traced down
 
 Coralyn’s flat stomach, down between her legs. She cupped
 
 her sex, her fingers slipping through the slick, swollen folds
 
 gently, like she was asking if it had been too much. If Coralyn
 
 was alright. Her lips grazed the side of her neck.
 
 “Should I go?” Coralyn didn’t want to ask, but she didn’t
 
 want to intrude on this new thing between them. She didn’t
 
 want it to be too much.
 
 “You could stay…”
 
 She went rigid at the invitation. Giana couldn’t possibly
 
 mean… “For the whole night?”
 
 “For however much of it you want.”
 
 “Here?”
 
 “Yes. You’ve done it before.” No snarky response.
 
 “Technically, I think that was only half the night.” She’d
 
 asked for Giana’s forgiveness again, after everything was
 
 different, and she’d said that she’d forgiven her. This was
 
 more than an olive branch. It was a monumental shift, but
 
 what did that mean, exactly? That they’d continue to keep
 
 getting naked together instead of the sex being just her
 
 stripping down and Giana giving the pleasure?
 
 “Should we try for a whole one, then?”
 
 “Are you going to wake up and change your mind and send
 
 me home in your pajamas again?”
 
 “I don’t think so.” Giana rolled Coralyn over and pressed
 
 her forehead to hers.
 
 “What are we doing?” The words were slurred, hazy with
 
 exhaustion and sleep.
 
 “I don’t really know.” Giana kept her forehead pressed to
 
 Coralyn’s until she drifted off, and it was unbearably the most