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Passengers
Date: 12/27/2016, Categories: Cheating, Author: elliotlacey31, Rating: 6, Source: LushStories
beckoning, some gesturing to stay away. Or maybe it's just me. All psychological, the surrounding landscape taking on more ominous shapes the farther we drive. I squeeze your hand this time and look over at you. We've been silent most of the way. With no radio playing, we just share the quiet together, listen to heater's faint hum, the whirling crunch of tires spinning along the gravel. I've always liked that about you, about whatever this is between us, that we can share the quiet together for seemingly endless stretches and every wordless moment is still somehow so comforting. And now, when your hand squeezes mine again, your thumb caresses back and forth, something you love doing. Those little gestures, like when we hug goodbye and your fingertips stroke the back of my neck or when we share a deep kiss and you plant smaller ones over and over on my cheeks and forehead. They're all so much more than the words we can string together. Your hands, fingertips, eyes, and lips speak endless volumes to me. Countless intricacies and notes wrapped up together and passed along through your affections. Your thumb stops, hand pulling away as you slow the car down, reaching the trail's end where the gravel pours out into a wide pool. Beyond that, nothing but tall and thick rows of trees towering over us like still sentinels. You cut the engine and lights off because, even though it's highly unlikely, we don't want to risk being seen by anyone who may drive through here or come out from ...