“Instead of battling the liquid that threatens to make me stop breathing, I open my mouth and let it fill up.
I bring my hand back and wrap it around his neck, applying pressure with my fingernails. He howls.
“You should have seen this coming from the beginning,” he whispers, pulling up the fabric of my shirt. I hear my own laugh before I even think to do so. I turn.
My hands find his face, but it’s like he’s already waiting. Smiling. Like he is already inside my mouth before I part my lips. The water slips between us. We drink it. We breathe it. We drown in it together.
My dress spills to the floor, liquid, intangible, running down the drain. I run my hands over him, feeling every curve of his spine like tracing a map to somewhere it would be good to get lost in.
“I’m not an idiot, Nikky,” I mock the way his friends call him, barely moving my lips.
He closes his eyes and chuckles, then lunges at me like a starving beast.”
Glowrot art print illustrated and signed by the author
Size: 8 x 10 inches
Paper: Photo paper
“Instead of battling the liquid that threatens to make me stop breathing, I open my mouth and let it fill up.
I bring my hand back and wrap it around his neck, applying pressure with my fingernails. He howls.
“You should have seen this coming from the beginning,” he whispers, pulling up the fabric of my shirt. I hear my own laugh before I even think to do so. I turn.
My hands find his face, but it’s like he’s already waiting. Smiling. Like he is already inside my mouth before I part my lips. The water slips between us. We drink it. We breathe it. We drown in it together.
My dress spills to the floor, liquid, intangible, running down the drain. I run my hands over him, feeling every curve of his spine like tracing a map to somewhere it would be good to get lost in.
“I’m not an idiot, Nikky,” I mock the way his friends call him, barely moving my lips.
He closes his eyes and chuckles, then lunges at me like a starving beast.”
Glowrot art print illustrated and signed by the author
Size: 8 x 10 inches
Paper: Photo paper
