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I pull him with me, and then I turn on the water to the shower

Together, clothes on, we stand beneath the hot streams

“You did what you had to do,” I reassure him

“How did I becoret

“You are a good man”

“I cheat people out of ”

I know hiood people That they did so bad

Vigilante justice is still justice

Sometimes, the underworld has its own rules Its own jury Its own judges

Its own sentence

“You do what you have to do to survive” I hold his hand under the water, letting the crimson wash away and swirl down the drain until it disappears out of sight “This wasn’t of yourYou did this to protect the people you love Not just your faood e”

“You barely know me”

“I see you”

I think he’s going to say ht me on this To tell me I don’t

But instead, his mouth latches on to mine

Then his tongue sweeps in

All words are lost

All feelings swept away

All we have is now

I kiss him back

I tell his I knoill never let me say

Without breaking away, I feel his hands onwet paja hiy with the steaether

Then he lifts me

I feel hiainst my skin

We continue to kiss as he aligns himself with my core Our asp at the sensation

It’s everything we both need

It feels like he fuses himself with me

Like we’re one

Our bodies say everything

Confess everything

They say the words we’re not ready to say

He works himself in and out

Pulling and pushing inside me

It’s too much

The e tears to my eyes

They aredown from above, and I cry out in climax with his naainst my lips

We stay entwined for a few round

It doesn’t feel the sah

It feels like everything has changed

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