Rime
The silence in this room is a character you didn't cast, but it’s the one stealing every single scene we have together.
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The silence in this room is a character you didn't cast, but it’s the one stealing every single scene we have together.
The way you handled that upright bass—all thick wood and vibrating tension—should have been a federal travel warning for anyone with a pulse.
The silk of my slip was a joke against the callouses on your palms, a thin blue line between what I’m supposed to be and what you’re making me.
The air between the stacks didn't just smell like dust and old glue; it tasted like the static before a West Texas thunderstorm.
She’s watching me the way a beat reporter watches a city councilman about to commit perjury—with a terrifying amount of focused, predatory patience.
His hand was doing things to my composure that a three-year non-compete clause could never justify, especially with his wife ten feet away.
Her breath against my jaw smelled like expensive Cabernet and the kind of trouble that gets a man a dishonorable discharge.
You tasted like copper and gin, and when you finally put that saxophone down, your hands were still shaking from the vibration.
He tasted like expensive gin and the kind of professional trouble that leaves a permanent mark on your resume.
The mountain air was thin enough to make my lungs burn, but it was the way she gripped my thigh that really ruined my breathing.
I viewed his interest as a high-value prospect with a significant barrier to entry, a lead that needed aggressive nurturing.
You’re leaning against the minibar like you’re waiting for a quarterly earnings report, but your eyes are telling a much more expensive story.