Just like that, it was over. Tina knew she couldn’t and wouldn’t keep running from Bette. Whatever ground she was trying to hold on to completely fell away at her feet. Bette touched a part of her heart no one else had ever been able to and that, too, scared her. Tina suddenly found herself overwhelmed with emotions and felt her eyes well up with tears. There was one more ounce of fight left in her and she used it to gain some distance from Bette, if only for a few moments.

"You must be cold. I’m gonna start the shower for you"

She mindlessly made her way to the bathroom and once again left Bette standing alone. She turned the knobs of the shower without a thought in her mind, her emotions leaving her in a dream-like state.

Tina held onto the glass shower door as she leaned forward to test the temperature of the running water, adjusting the knobs until she was satisfied. A chill ran up her spine and though she hadn’t heard anyone enter the bathroom, she had already known that Bette was behind her.

A moment later, a strong hand wrapped around her wrist and pulled it away from the shower knobs. Tina straightened her body and turned around to face the woman who had taken her completely by storm.

Their eyes met and without a word, Bette backed her up against the wall, the cold tile doing nothing to cool the heat spreading throughout Tina’s body. Never tearing her gaze away, Bette pinned Tina’s wrist over her head and then the other. She held them both with one hand, her strong grip caused Tina’s heart to pound intensely against her chest.

With nothing but the sound of water slapping against porcelain and glass, Bette proceeded to undress her girlfriend in the sexiest, roughest way Tina had ever experienced.

Bette grabbed the hem of Tina’s sweater and in one fluid motion pulled it over the blonde’s head, releasing her wrists for no more than a second. Over the sound of the water, Tina heard the faint hiss that escaped Bette’s lips when she saw that the blonde hadn’t been wearing anything underneath the sweater. No undershirt. No bra. Only utter perfection.