Unexpected

"He kisses me, fully and slowly. "I missed you." He will be my undoing, I know. "I thought you hated me. Your scorn is enough to make a man feel quite small, and I deserved it." Nothing could be further from the truth. I pull his body against me and he cups my jaw and presses his forehead to mine. I think of a riddle I once read. 'How do people like us take off our armor?' One piece at a time."

Done