Sunday Snippet-03/31/2013
Welcome back 🙂 Today’s eight-sentence snippet is part of the Weekend Writing Warriors meme. Click over for a complete list of participants.
This is the last week (for now) that I’ll be posting from my childhood-friends-to-lovers story. This excerpt follows very closely after last week’s snippet. Matthias and Caroline haven’t seen each other for thirteen years, and they’re about to go out for dinner. As friends? Is it date? Caroline’s not entirely sure. (P.S.: it’s a frigid November night.)
His hands curled around her lapels and he pulled her into his space. She gasped and he smiled—the same amazing smile she’d inwardly melted over years ago. He maneuvered the top button of her coat into its corresponding hole, then the second. The third button slipped through its slot, his hands lingering before sliding sideways to cup her waist. Not once did his eyes stray from her face.
“I might’ve been a nerdy nobody, but I was still a teenage boy, and you were the most beautiful girl in school. Of course I thought about touching you.”
“If you wanted to, why didn’t you ever try?”
11 Comments
A.S. Fenichel
Yes, Why? Adorable and sexy. Wonderful snippet!
Donna Cummings
Yum! Can’t wait to hear his answer. Oh, you’re gonna MAKE us wait, aren’t you? *sob*
Veronica Scott
Well, we’ll all be on pins and needles waiting for THAT answer, clearly! Excellent excerpt, loved the details about those buttons!
Eleri Stone
Such a nice slow tease of a pace. Love it.
Linda Morris
Aw, love the way he’s taking care of her here by buttoning her coat. A nice telling detail about who he is as a person. Great snippet.
Siobhan Muir
Oooh, he better have a good answer for that one. Fun snippet, Karla. 🙂
Vivien Dean
Sometimes getting dressed can be a lot sexier than getting undressed. This proves that. 🙂
Vonnie Davis
Great excerpt. Awesome writing. Loved it! woot!!!
Elaine Cantrell
Friends to lovers is fun.
Debbie
Why indeed? Here’s hoping they make up for lost time. 🙂
Cynthia Hudson
Awwww…so sweet!Great snippet!!