I step close and put my arms around you, around your shoulders, and press you close to me, and I feel your arms go around my waist almost vaguely. I breathe in your scent, trying to memorize the width of your shoulders, the contrast of your height against mine, how my chin feels supported on […]

My head on your shoulder and your cheek on my back, warm arms around me and the beat of your heart against my arm. Perfect and serene, breathing in unison — it brings me back to another time and place, but keeps me strangely rooted to the present.
I breathe in and out, and wonder at […]