They both had to catch their breath. At least Eli knew when he was going in for the kiss, but Shannon hadn't the time to really do much more than be pulled along by the tide of Eli's wishes. He was left taking quiet gulps of air and licking at his own lips to wet them, sometimes bridging the small gap between them and licking at Eli's as well.

That all came to an abrupt stop at the sensation. He heaved in a shuddering breath while his body trembled along with the new feeling coursing through him. It hadn't even run its course through every part of him and he was already distracted by the foreign mass of electricity dancing along his skeleton. It wasn't like anything he'd ever experienced before and it was something amazing. "Oh God," he breathed. He pressed his back into the bed beneath him with what little leverage he had, wriggled underneath Eli above him, trying to add more touch of a different sort while one sense began overwhelming all the others in rushed acceptance to the new, frightening and delightful experience.