Your thigh slides between hers like it's been there before. Like it belongs.
It doesn't.
It shouldn't.
The pulse of the music throbs around the two of you. In this unfamiliar nightclub, in a city neither of you live in.
The air is thick--humid with sweat, perfume, something close to desperation. Bodies pressed close. Lights low and pulsing red like a warning.
Seeing her today on the street, it felt like some sort of twist of fate. Some sort of nod from the universe that maybe this is something you both need to stop running from.
You feel her shift against you--slow, instinctive--and suddenly she's grinding. Even over the music, you hear her soft gasp. The inhale of air against your ear.
You haven't made eye contact since she pulled you out onto the floor and said something that sounded an awful lot like "your brother never dances like this with me."
Instinctively, you want to reach for her.
Gather her to you. Never let go.
But your hands stay at your sides. Because touching would make it real.