Chapter 211: This Little Shit Needs A Beating
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I froze and looked up to find Adrien’s green eyes half-open, watching me with a lazy warmth that made my heart flip. His lips curled into the faintest smile, one that crinkled the corners of his eyes and turned my insides to mush.
"I thought you were still asleep," I whispered, my voice barely above a murmur, mortified to be caught admiring him so openly.
"Was," he replied softly, shifting just enough to tuck me in closer, his thumb tracing lazy circles over the bare skin of my hip where my shirt had ridden up during the night. "But it’s kinda hard to stay asleep when the prettiest boy in the world is playing with my hair and blushing like he’s reliving every naughty thing we did last night."
I let out a quiet groan and buried my face against his chest again, feeling his low chuckle reverberate through me.
"You’re such an asshole," I muttered into his skin, though my tone held no real complaint—only a shy, helpless happiness I couldn’t quite hide.
"And you’re adorable when you’re embarrassed," he shot back, pressing a lingering kiss to the top of my head. Then his voice dropped, softer now, almost reverent. "But really, Noah... are you okay? After everything?"
I pulled back just enough to meet his gaze again, searching the gentleness in his eyes, and nodded without a second thought.
"More than okay," I admitted quietly, surprised at my own honesty. "I thought I’d freak out this morning. But I don’t. I just... I feel good. Here. With you...and stuff."
The smile that spread across his face was slow and radiant, like the sun rising over the horizon, and he leaned in to kiss me tenderly, stealing my breath away. "Good," he whispered against my lips.
"Because I’m not planning on letting you out of this bed anytime soon, Hamster. Not when you fit right here so perfectly."
As his arms tightened around me once more, pulling me impossibly closer in the soft morning light, I surrendered to the warmth of him—embracing the certainty that whatever boundaries we’d crossed last night had only led us somewhere better.