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His body , his eyes on ether, and he said my name And that whisper on his lips was all it took to push e in a rush of heat and a burst of electricity downand body pulsing And at my release, he found his own, my name in a loop that followed every thrust of his hips as they slowed

Our eyes were closed, his forehead againstAnd for so the corners ofand a lump heavy in my throat

I wrapped my arms around his neck and pulled him down to bury his face in my neck so I could hide from him Because in thatreal, so beyond me, even if I didn’t knohat to make of it I only kne it felt, and I felt it all the way through et it

If I hadn’t been addicted to him before, now there would be no hope No amount of rehab would cure me

We held each other like that for a long tiout ofout of bed and heading to the bathroo me alone

I lay there on my side with my back to the door and my heart full of shrapnel It burned —I didn’t knohat it meant I didn’t want to think about what it meant I just wanted hi his breath and his arainst mine

I wanted simple and easy But ere past that

He came back a minute later with a ashcloth and cleaned me up like he always did but without the intention ofin hi to separate from me

The thoughtonto him more

He stood and began to collect his clothes, and I felt my heart break

“Stay,” I said siin the air as he turned to me

I had never intentionally spent the night with anyone — I’d never wanted to But the last thing in the whole world I wanted was for Bodie to walk out that door