stephanie nashton does it all (forthem) wrote in rooms,
Re: eddie/steph - bathtime.
[She inhaled sharply as his hands roamed her skin, eyes closing briefly with the slightest smile. She'd missed this, the easiness that was them. That had gotten lost over the last couple of months with her guilt and neglect of her husband. Her hands skated up his bare chest as he slid down in the water, and she kissed across his jaw as he spoke.] It messed me up, too. [She pulled back a little to look at him, blues looking a little guilty for admitting her own hurt, but she nodded.] We started focusing too much on it as a fixing point, I think. Maybe not on purpose, but y'know. [She shrugged, and then sat back up to lean back on her side of the tub, knees up and poking out of the water. Wrapping her arms around her legs, she rested her cheek on her joined knees.]
It's okay, baby. [A small, reassuring smile.] You were hurting. And I wasn't helping. Of course you were gonna try to find something else instead. [Then, a smirk.] You were drugging me without my knowledge?