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He didn't touch my hand so much as he redefined the space where my skin ended and the flour began.
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He tasted like the last bit of crusty bread used to swipe a plate of debris—salt, fat, and the ghost of a good red wine.
The condensation on the glass doesn’t just blur the view; it rewrites the physics of how I’m supposed to look at you.
I’ve spent half my life in places where a wrong move meant a body bag, yet here I am, worried about your heels.
The Amtrak coffee tasted like a wet wool blanket, but you were looking at my mouth like it was the only thing on the menu.
His hand was heavy on the small of my back, a grounding weight that felt less like an invitation and more like an anchor.
She didn’t just sing; she pulled the oxygen out of the room and replaced it with something that tasted like copper and old secrets.
Her back was arched against the bathroom door, and for a second, the only sound was the radiator hissing like a disgruntled extra.
She stood there in that ridiculous desert light, smelling like expensive sage and cheap gin, waiting for me to fail at being professional.
Your hands were behind your back, your wrists crossed, and for a second, the only sound was the tide hitting the rocks.
The way you stood before the charcoal sketch of the dead orchard, your knees locked and your hands behind your back, was the only honest thing in that room.
The taste of her anger was exactly like a burnt roux—bitter, clinging to the back of my throat, impossible to scrape away.