"I, um... I don't think I can," Tina replied to Bryce's surprising suggestion. "Not... not while you're looking at me," she added, leaving the door open a crack.
He took her by the hand, and as he led her into the house, he said, "Come on to my bedroom. We'll get comfortable--their euphemism for getting naked--and I'll hold you while you face the other way if you want. Please, baby? I think this will actually make our relationship stronger. I mean how much more trust could we show to one another? And that's what love is, isn't it? Total trust?"
He was trying to convince her, of course, but he wasn't just throwing bullshit. He really did want to have that deep of a trusting relationship with Tina, regardless of the s*x part.
After they got naked they embraced and kissed again, and then w
