5. Tension

“May I?” You hear him ask as his fingers hesitantly start to loop underneath the bottom of your shirt. “The bear was substantially large and may have done considerable damage.” Your mind races as you feel skin to skin contact for the first time in ages. Your thoughts are muddled by the pain and electricity as you barely gasp out an “Okay.”

His other arm reaches around to help keep you steady as he gently pulls the crusty shirt off your body. His hand, now flush with your skin, snakes around to your back again as he helps you lay back again. He slowly slides his hand out from behind your back and traces up your rib. You sense a bit of **** as he takes his hand away once your positioned comfortably.

Once you seem ready he gets up and moves over to sit on the bed facing you. To your annoyances you find yourself blushing even harder as you’re now face to face with his rugged muscular body. You’re so distracted by this that you gasp in surprise as you feel his rough finger tips grip either side of your ribs. His fingers instantly pull away at your gasp and he worriedly asks you “Did that hurt?”

“What?” You ask disoriented as you looked up at his concerned face. “Oh, no.. you just caught me off guard.” You bite your lip and look down while concentrating on not blushing so hard. From your peripheral vision you see him nod understandingly and then his hands moved back down to your ribs. First he starts with lightly running his fingers along your rib cage and asking you how it feels. You reply that it doesn’t hurt while trying to avoid eye contact as you’re still blushing madly.

After this he begins to slightly apply pressure to certain areas of your ribs. It’s not until he reached a point near your right upper rib cage that you let out a small gasp of pain. The mans fingers remain along the bottom of your sports bra as you catch your breath. “Does it just hurt there or all along here?” He asks and then runs his fingers up the sports bra and presses gently under your right breast. “Ahhh” you gasp out and lean forward in pain. The man frowns and sways “I need to get a better look at this.”