“Kiss, Bite, Lick”

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The high from that first night lasted for a week. A solid, glorious seven days of walking on air.  He texted me good morning. He called me on his lunch break. He sent me a picture of a tie he was thinking of buying and asked for my opinion, as if my taste mattered. As…

He called the next day. Not texted. Called.  The sound of his voice, all low and rumbling through the phone speaker, sent a shiver straight through me, a vibration that settled deep in my gut.  We talked for an hour, about nothing and everything, and by the time we hung up, my cheeks hurt from…

My life used to be a closed loop, a track I’d worn so smooth with repetition I could navigate it in my sleep.  Wake up. Shower. Work at the dead-end data entry job that paid for my sad little one-bedroom apartment. Grocery store for the same three things – yogurt, salad mix, a bottle of…

Three years later, and the silence in my apartment is no longer a void; it’s a victory. I’m on my couch, the one he used to commandeer like a throne, drinking chamomile tea. It tastes like peace. Boring, fucking peace, and I’ve never loved anything more. My phone buzzes on the coffee table. His number,…