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Chapter 6 - That moment was small to you. To me, it was a wound

15/03/2019

You dropped your pen.I picked it up.Our fingers almost touched—almost.And you looked at me.Just for a second.Just enough to make it hurt.

You said, "Thank you,"but it echoed in my skulllike you'd carved it in there with a scalpel.Soft voice, sharp syllables.Like you didn't knowyou were stitching yourself into me.

I smiled.I think.I don't remember.The blood rushed too fast,roaring in my ears like a flood of knives.I wanted to ask you something,anything,but the words got stuck in my throat—too soaked in hunger to come out clean.

You turned away.So casual.So unawarethat I'm still holding that pen,still feeling your skinon mine—phantom, imagined,but no less real.

What if next time,I don't just hand it back?What if I keep it?What if I keep everything you ever touch,until you're part of my collection—bone by bone, smile by smile,memory by memory.

You thanked me.But I want more.

I want you to beg.

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