for @fanartka - who truly appreciates the glory of the Cumber-back
(I wanted to add gifs to illustrate, but tumblr gif search sucks)
from my fic, The Secret of Salvation
...Fannie watched him remove his jacket and fold it carefully before laying it on the battered steamer trunk at the foot of the bed, marveling at his precision, at his calm despite the growing heat in the room. Jamie’s back was to her, and the sight of the lay of his braces stilled her breath for several moments, for it accented not only the strong breadth of his shoulders and upper back, but also the very masculine beauty of the gracious curve of his lower back into his trim waist—all of it conspiring to awaken in her a frisson of unexpected lust. There was no other word to describe it, as it roiled through her belly on downwards. And she still barely breathed as he turned her way once more, overwhelmed as she was by his every detail. No man had ever affected her so viscerally, and Fannie realized that tonight she would freely give him whatever he asked of her. Without hesitation.
