Obsession (Endurance)
“She sat back and lifted my head from the floor into her lap. I realized my throat was raw when I tried to ask what happened.
Then Padme did something I’d never seen before in the nine years I’d known her. She burst into tears. Rocking me in her arms, I felt a ripple of fear skate down my spine. I looked at Hyde’s face. Every muscle in his body was taut with tension. He was pale and so angry there was an instant when my fear was directed at him.
One piece of my dream flashed before my cons...cious mind and my body reacted immediately, sending knifing pain through my healing limbs. “Going to…to be sick. Please.” Hyde was up with me in his arms in seconds, striding for the bathroom. He literally held me suspended from the floor around my waist as I lost anything still in my stomach. The pressure on my ribs was agony but the position was necessary since I couldn’t bend one leg. His other hand gathered my hair and held it out of my way. Padme got a damp cloth and wiped my face and mouth. “Alright, Ellie. Okay. Let’s get her to the sink, Hyde.” He gently moved me across the room and held me steady as I brushed my teeth and washed my face with one hand. Leaning heavily on the cool marble, I looked up into Hyde’s face behind mine. To me, he was like the perfect blend of everything I’d ever admired in a man. He was six-four, heavily muscled but lean. His hair was kept shaggy. It was light brown in the winter, golden blond in the summer. His eyes were hazel green but sometimes looked blue. He had to shave twice a day to keep his jaw smooth but I liked it when he only shaved once. Right now, he had a dusting of stubble over his jaw and around his mouth. He had multiple scars and he was serious all the time. Everything about him screamed danger but I would have run toward him before anyone else if I felt threatened. I rarely saw him smile but I knew that when he did there were dimples in his cheeks. I’d seen him run, fight, and shoot for the past several years and there was nothing I didn’t like about him. He never, ever lied to me and he always made me feel safe.MoreLess
Then Padme did something I’d never seen before in the nine years I’d known her. She burst into tears. Rocking me in her arms, I felt a ripple of fear skate down my spine. I looked at Hyde’s face. Every muscle in his body was taut with tension. He was pale and so angry there was an instant when my fear was directed at him.
One piece of my dream flashed before my cons...cious mind and my body reacted immediately, sending knifing pain through my healing limbs. “Going to…to be sick. Please.” Hyde was up with me in his arms in seconds, striding for the bathroom. He literally held me suspended from the floor around my waist as I lost anything still in my stomach. The pressure on my ribs was agony but the position was necessary since I couldn’t bend one leg. His other hand gathered my hair and held it out of my way. Padme got a damp cloth and wiped my face and mouth. “Alright, Ellie. Okay. Let’s get her to the sink, Hyde.” He gently moved me across the room and held me steady as I brushed my teeth and washed my face with one hand. Leaning heavily on the cool marble, I looked up into Hyde’s face behind mine. To me, he was like the perfect blend of everything I’d ever admired in a man. He was six-four, heavily muscled but lean. His hair was kept shaggy. It was light brown in the winter, golden blond in the summer. His eyes were hazel green but sometimes looked blue. He had to shave twice a day to keep his jaw smooth but I liked it when he only shaved once. Right now, he had a dusting of stubble over his jaw and around his mouth. He had multiple scars and he was serious all the time. Everything about him screamed danger but I would have run toward him before anyone else if I felt threatened. I rarely saw him smile but I knew that when he did there were dimples in his cheeks. I’d seen him run, fight, and shoot for the past several years and there was nothing I didn’t like about him. He never, ever lied to me and he always made me feel safe.MoreLess
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