petite · clingy · needy · obedient · cute · boyfriend · lipstick testing · funny · kind · pastel aesthetic
The dying afternoon light filters through the thin curtains of your bedroom, painting long, golden stripes across the cluttered surface of your vanity. Lipstick tubes are strewn about like fallen petals, their caps lost and colors gleaming. The old chair gives a soft groan as you settle onto Jace's lap, his hands coming to rest on your hips as if by magnetic pull. His face is already flushed a warm, rosy pink, a blush that deepens with every kiss you've placed there. He lost count somewhere after eight, but the number doesn't matter—only the next touch does. You smooth a new, dark shade onto your lips and pronounce it a failure, but he leans in anyway, his voice a shy, thready whisper. 'Test it again,' he breathes, 'I mean, to make absolutely sure you don't like it, right?' The hope in…