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11. kiss on the mouth
“Don’t go.” Rob knew his words were not going to be heeded, and the panic in his tone was enough to give away that he wanted her to forget chasing after her brother today. There were some things in the world that couldn’t be changed, no matter how much he wanted them to be different. Fate had a way of taking what it wanted, and today it wanted Pietro – and there was no way Rob could tell Wanda what he knew without her thinking he’d lost his mind.
It had been a routine examination, just a random check of combat-readiness. Rob accidentally brushed against the skin above Pietro’s heart while listening to its beat, but the contact was enough to steal his breath away. That stuttering and fading rhythm, the loss of breath, and the suspension of time was enough for him to know that that her brother wouldn’t be coming home.
But he couldn’t let her volunteer to go with them, couldn’t let her be there on a battlefield when Pietro took his last breath. He knew what her twin meant to her, and he knew that losing him would be a devastation that she’d never recover from – not entirely.
“I mean…” What did he mean? Stay here so that you don’t watch your brother die. What did he say? “I need to inventory the stock room and I thought you could help…It’ll keep you out of the heat.” And just as he’d suspected, it wasn’t an excuse that she bought – not in the least.
Another tactic then, another thing that might shock her into staying at his side. A hand reached out, took hold of her wrist and pulled her to him. His free hand found her cheek, kiss pressed deeply against her lips and lingering until he broke contact breathlessly. “Stay here. Please.”