candlewax & polaroids on the hardwood floor
Flora eases into a steady jog, the morning air cool against her skin and Spice’s playful breezes brushing away the first beads of sweat on her brow. Her ponytail sways like a banner of defiance behind her as she matches Kaisel’s stride, the salt–tinged breeze carrying the promise of adventure down the sunlit path.
"Oh is that so?" she calls over her shoulder with a grin, pushing off the balls of her feet. "If you’re in front, at least I won’t have to worry about you staring at my ass." She catches her own smile as the words leave her lips—part harmless flirt, part challenge for him to try and outpace her—and, for a moment, allows herself to feel light. The memory of Kaisel’s sudden, breath-stealing pin from the night before combined with Frey’s lingering heat still pulsing in her veins, drifts away like a distant echo such that the comment feels entirely harmless. Right now, each inhalation grounds her; each exhalation sweeps away the chaos of last night’s mischief.
Gradually she nudges her pace beyond comfortable, rolling her shoulders back, opening her chest, and feeling the burn of her thighs as they drive her forward. Her intention of course is to force Kai to either ask her to slow down or to vomit from overexertion.
"Oh is that so?" she calls over her shoulder with a grin, pushing off the balls of her feet. "If you’re in front, at least I won’t have to worry about you staring at my ass." She catches her own smile as the words leave her lips—part harmless flirt, part challenge for him to try and outpace her—and, for a moment, allows herself to feel light. The memory of Kaisel’s sudden, breath-stealing pin from the night before combined with Frey’s lingering heat still pulsing in her veins, drifts away like a distant echo such that the comment feels entirely harmless. Right now, each inhalation grounds her; each exhalation sweeps away the chaos of last night’s mischief.
Gradually she nudges her pace beyond comfortable, rolling her shoulders back, opening her chest, and feeling the burn of her thighs as they drive her forward. Her intention of course is to force Kai to either ask her to slow down or to vomit from overexertion.
