15th January- Canary Islands, Spain
Letty’s beach house
Dom’s POV
I woke after only a few short hours of sleep but I felt surprisingly well rested considering. I looked down at Letty and smiled softly. Sometime through the night we had become tangled; our arms and legs wrapped around one another while Letty’s head rested on my bare chest. She looked peaceful so I refused to move despite the loss of feeling in my arm.
An hour passed without me even noticing, all I could focus on was Letty. I knew I would have to move soon, untangle us so she didn’t freak out when she woke. Glancing down as she shifted slightly I waited until she stilled before I moved out from underneath her. She grumbled something under her breath before rolling over so her back was to me. I let out a low chuckle before I left the room to check in on Ava.
Ava was sleeping soundly; her light breaths letting me know she would be that way for a while. I left the room again quietly, making my way back to Letty’s room and crawling back into bed. I faced her back, my eyes trailing down the scars could see. The sight of them made me feel guilty so I could only imagine how they made Letty feel.
Carefully as not to wake her I trailed my fingertips down the marks, barely skimming her skin as I did so. She shuddered under my touch, making a small groan as I pulled away in fear she would wake.
As I feared a few minutes later she woke, startled by my presence in the bed. Her unfocused eyes told me she wasn’t here with me mentally, the scared look on her face let me know who she thought I was. I didn’t speak or touch her in any way while it registered to her where she was and who I was, even after I didn’t speak I let her be the first to break the silence.
Letty’s POV
I groaned as I shifted in bed. I wasn’t ready to wake up but I was hot, too hot. The sun was streaming right in through the open window and onto my face. I shifted once more, rolling onto my other side to get away from the heat but I paused and froze when I came in contact with another body.
My natural instinct kicked in causing me to jolt backwards in fright. Forgetting on my surroundings my only concern was who the hell was next to me. I opened my eyes expecting to see Demetri’s face but it was Dom’s concerned one that stared back at me. My heart slowed, slowly returning to its normal pace as I took in where I was.
‘I’m at home, I’m safe and Demetri is dead.’ I reminded myself silently.
I sent Dom a sheepish look before speaking.
“Morning.” I whispered.
“Morning. Everything okay?” He asked, propping his head up on his hand.
“Just forgot where I was for a second there.” I explained with a small shrug.
“Didn’t mean to scare you.” He spoke but I shook my head.
“You didn’t.” I assured him before we fell into silence again. I knew he was watching me but I said nothing, choosing instead to ignore it.
“You didn’t have any nightmares last night.” He spoke, making my eyes meet his with surprise.
“Didn’t I?” I mumbled.
“No, you slept quiet peacefully actually.” He shook his head and I frowned.
“Were you watching me?” I asked confused. The tell-tale blush that rose to his cheeks gave me my answer.
“Maybe. I just wanted to know you were okay.” He shrugged.
“I feel like rested for once, I haven’t felt this way in so long.” I admitted as I took the time to listen to my body.
“I’m glad.” He spoke with a smile.
“Is Ava awake?” I asked but he shook his head.
“I checked on her about ten minutes ago, she’s still sleeping soundly.”
“How long have you been awake?” I asked confused and he shrugged.
“Couple of hours or so.” He spoke vaguely, not meeting my eyes. I let myself wonder whether he had slept or whether he had watched me the whole night.
“I slept.” He spoke answering my unspoken question.
“How did you know that’s what I was thinking?” I asked.
“I know you.” I said nothing, not really sure what to say.
“I was thinking I’d make breakfast this morning but I wanted to check with you before I made it. Did you have any plans today?” He asked as he fished for details about whether or not he had to leave.
“No, no plans.” I shook my head and he relaxed.
“Mind if I stay and play with Ava?” He asked and I shook my head once more.
“While she’s asleep I’ll duck home to shower and change. I’ll be back to cook breakfast after that.”
“You can shower here.” I blurted out before I thought it through properly.
“Ah okay, if you don’t mind.” He spoke slowly, giving me a chance to take it back if I wanted to.
“I’m sure.” I spoke and he nodded.
“Okay, I’ll be out soon.” He spoke before climbing out of bed. I bit my lip as I watched his muscles ripple from moving.
“Checking me out Letty?” He teased and I flushed bright red as my eyes flew to his.
“NO!” I snapped quickly.
“Looked like it.” He urged while I reddened further.
“I was just…. Just…” I stumbled over my words, trying to come up with a good lie about why I was looking.
“Just what? Looking?” He teased with a laugh.
“Okay so I was looking, don’t let It go to your head.” I mumbled embarrassed.
“You don’t have to be shy Let. You can look all you want, I check you out all the time.” He confessed before his lips gently brushed against mine before he pulled away heading for the bathroom. He gave me a small smile before the door shut and I sunk into the bed.
The kiss was a shock, as was the natural flirting that had taken place but I’d be lying if I said I didn’t like it. I liked it, hell I liked it a lot. In fact I wanted to drag him back here and make him do it again but I couldn’t. We needed to take baby steps and while I knew these weren’t exactly baby steps they were about as slow as they would ever get for us.
“Let?” Dom called out from beyond the closed door and I sat up quickly. Carefully I climbed out of bed and walked towards the door.
“Uh yeah?” I asked through the door.
“I forgot to grab a towel.” He laughed nervously and I giggled.
“I’ll go grab you one.”
“Thanks, can you leave it on the sink?” I blinked in shock. He wanted me to go in?
“Uh aren’t you in the shower?” I asked.
“Yeah, the glass is frosted Letty you won’t be able to see anything.”
“Right.” I mumbled before I headed out of the room to grab a towel.
With a towel in hand I stood shifting from foot to foot in front of the closed door. I was being stupid, Dom was right I wasn’t going to be able to see anything. I would just leave the towel on the sink and leave. Simple.
‘Walk in, put the towel on the sink, walk out and close the door. Simple. Don’t be such a baby.’ I snapped silently to myself.
I quickly opened the door, peeking my head around the corner to make sure he was in the shower. He was. I stepped into the room, tip toeing to the sink where I laid the towel down. I turned around to leave again but stopped when I noticed he had his head out of the shower smirking at me. I gave a nervous chuckle as I tried not to focus on the water dripping off his chest but heel it was hard. It was hot and I found myself wanting to join him.
“Why are you sneaking around?” He asked confused and I shrugged.
“I have no idea.” I admitted.
“If you were really that uncomfortable Let you could have just left it at the door. All you had to do was say.” He spoke and I felt like slapping myself.
‘Now he tells me.’
“What’s with the look?” He asked snapping me out of my thoughts.
“What look?” I asked confused.
“The one that says I need to say something but I’m confused about it.”
“Oh that look.” I mumble.
“Yeah that look.”
“Dom, it’s really hard to speak to you like this.” I said motioning to the shower.
“Right, sorry. I forget sometimes that things have changed.”
“Yeah but looking at you like that right now makes me wonder if they really have.” I confessed as we stared at each other.
“I better leave before this ends up like last night. I can only take rejection so many times in twenty four hours.” I tried to joke before I raced out of the rom shutting the door behind me as I leant heavily back on it.
“Letty you are such an idiot.” I mumbled to myself before I left the room entirely. I needed coffee.