Greatwater Lake A silent heart ticking under the ground

I love her and their dynamic, haha.

Her words jabbed him in a soft spot, yet he smiled at her in an openly admiring way. Just like her, he badly wanted what he couldn't have and the mention of competition made her all the more delectable, of course. He practically pined for her in that moment, as he pictured his competition and distinctly thought of them as a challenge he would overcome. Actually, he felt just the same way he had when he'd started courting Hawkeye, when he'd been determined to have her as his own.

He couldn't decide whether that was a great or terrible thing. Luckily, he didn't have to deliberate long. Fox bade him farewell and sashayed away. The way she swayed her hips, he suddenly understood that she was toying with him, flirting with him. He wetted his lips and gave into the temptation, sinking his eyes into that shapely butt and allowing himself to picture the various tawdry things he'd do to it... if only he didn't have a wife and family back home.

It was, perhaps, a wildly inappropriate thing to say, yet he couldn't help himself and said loudly, "Hate to see you go but love to watch you leave," and then turned and cantered back home to his loveless marriage, its heartbeat slowing to a stop, its days distinctly numbered.