[She's poison. It's one of the first things he learned about her — if he ever went so far as to sink his teeth into her, her blood would bite back. Just knowing that, having the threat of it in his mind, is enough of a deterrent to let him get close to that line without crossing over.
The fact that she could hurt him just as easily as he could her — that makes her safe enough to get close to. In a backwards way, it's what allowed him to fall for her.
He deepens the kiss, even scrapes his teeth lightly over her lip. His fingertips press into the flesh of her thigh. The heat builds until he wants, needs to take things further, but he's not prepared for her to leave his lap, not even for a second — so, for now, he puts both hands under the hem of her dress and sweeps it upward, encouraging it over her head and onto the floor.]
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The fact that she could hurt him just as easily as he could her — that makes her safe enough to get close to. In a backwards way, it's what allowed him to fall for her.
He deepens the kiss, even scrapes his teeth lightly over her lip. His fingertips press into the flesh of her thigh. The heat builds until he wants, needs to take things further, but he's not prepared for her to leave his lap, not even for a second — so, for now, he puts both hands under the hem of her dress and sweeps it upward, encouraging it over her head and onto the floor.]