heaven in hiding || cora&everett
everettstone:
As Cora tried to calm him down, it was actually working. That made him more nervous than he was before, because she had such a hold over him that she could calm him down. Over the years he’d done a really good job of controlling his anxiety, but the idea of falling in love again was terrifying to him. It had gone so badly the first time, he’d lost everything in one night. Everett had been cold before, or had tried to be, but after that he was even colder. When he first met Cora, he was stone cold. Only talking to her when he absolutely had to, salty about having to watch over someone. But over the span of his time watching her, she’d broken down walls and he had no idea how she’d done it. “I’m not who you think I am.” Everett shook his head, his voice filling with emotion. “For some reason, you think I’m this great guy…and Cora, that’s not me. I’m not good. I try to be, but I’m so fucked up.” He hadn’t been this emotional or open with someone in so long, maybe Lexi, but she was an exception considering she was his best friend in the entire world. “You deserve better than what I can give you, and I believe that.” He said firmly but softly, his lips only inches from hers as his heart stammered against his chest. “I don’t know why you’re so loyal to me, why you think so highly of me. I don’t deserve it.” Everett was partly trying to push her away out of habit, but also stating exactly how he felt. “Let’s not talk about her.” Everett murmured, shaking his head before he leaned in for another kiss, his teeth biting her bottom lip softly, moving down to her jawline, that jawline he loved so much. Everett pushed her backwards, placing his hands on her hips so he could pick her up and set her against the counter. It made it so much easier to kiss her when they were eye level with each other. One hand ran down her thigh, the other running down her side. God, her body was so sexy, and it was all over his mind right now. “Why are you mad?” He asked, eyebrows narrowed as he pulled away to look into her eyes. “I thought you wanted this…but if you don’t, just stop me.” He had half a mind to step back and stop kissing her, but they were like magnets. Once he touched her he couldn’t stop. He kissed her harder this time, much more passionate than they’d ever kissed before. She’d said she was mad but didn’t want him to stop. He didn’t want to stop, so he just listened to her, running his hand between the fabric of her shorts and her skin, making his way a little higher this time. “I don’t want to stop. I’ve been dreaming of this moment since I stopped working here.”
Was that something close to him calming down she could see in his eyes? The blonde wasn’t sure but she hoped against hope that it was since she’d hate to see him go into a full scale panic, so she just kept her eyes focused on his. Maybe it would give him something to hold onto or to focus on, wasn’t that meant to be a good thing? A focal point. When he started to speak about how he wasn’t a good guy she shook her head rapidly, all the way through everything he was saying, because she thought exactly the same thing. She thought, no she knew that she wasn’t a good person or the person that he thought she was because of the terrible thing she’d done. Should she just come clean, break everything off right now so that it wouldn’t be even worse later when he finally did find out, but instead she didn’t say a word. Just closed the gap between them once more so they could kiss passionately once more, trying to show him he didn’t need to think such negative things about himself because honestly she didn’t care. People were allowed to have done bad things right? At least he was, it didn’t make him a bad person or a broken person, simply a human. “Then we won’t talk about her for even a second.” The words came out a little mumbled against his lips, shivers racing down her spine in a delightfully satisfying ripple which made her shake a little, breath catching in her throat. Pulling away from a second just to speak the medical student shook her head again, a tiny giggle coming from her lips. “No, no i’m not mad at you. I’m saying i’m mad like I’m crazy, not mad as in angry. I don’t know what I could possibly be mad about right now apart from maybe you talking so badly about your own self. I’m not going to stop you, not for a second.” As she was lifted onto the counter a tiny squeak came from her, legs swinging slightly before they went right back to making out like lovestruck teenagers. Cora had never been kissed like this before, there was an intensity behind it that was new but amazing for the country girl. Almost knocking the air out of her as she wrapped her legs around his waist, arms around his neck, feeling her heart smacking against her ribs. “I’ve been literally dreaming about it since you left or were discharged. Or I was discharged from your care. However you want to put it, I used to dream so vividly that you were laying next to me i’d be confused when I woke up and there was no one there. Mel wouldn’t let me sleep in her bed with her, so I’d just use pillows to lay next to instead." A blush rose up her cheeks and neck when she admitted that, it was a lot more than she was thinking she was going to share when she’d started agreeing. “Gosh darn you’re so good at that...” She whispered as he ran his hands across her body.
















