Just Away from the Bonfire: Ellie & Rider
He might be surprised how much Ellie really hid. She had nightmares almost every night. Approaching or talking to new people took every ounce of courage she had. It helped when people were nice to her first. She wanted friends...needed them, really. She didn't even realize how much. She just knew that the people she'd made friends with she tended to stick to.
Those dimples of his were divine! And distracting. While he looked at her lips, her own hazel eyes picked out the appealing little divots near the corners of his mouth.
"Well...aye, but do you even get sick?" She grinned for the tug on her hair then tried to tame the mass of it with one hand. And then...
He went and made that suggestion. Ellie blinked in stunned silence because whoa. The idea of helping to keep him warm...that look in his eyes...he didn't seem terribly adverse to the idea and...now Ellie's face was near the shade of her hair as she laughed in embarrassment. "Like ya need my help there!"
All the girls chased after him and he could have anyone he wanted. Including some of the girls what were showing off their legs and chest who were no better than they ought to be.