Laura lifted the covers and crawled into the bed next to me. “Wrap yourself around me so I can keep you warm, Weed,” she whispered. “You’re shivering.”
As I pressed my body against her small frame, I willed my heavy eyes to watch her face. She smiled, and in that moment, she became part of me. Her body gave me more comfort than I have ever known. Whatever I had experienced before had only been physical, but this was so deep and pure it touched me even through my drugged darkness.
I never wanted those moments to be over. I needed to hold onto the only sense of wholeness I’ve felt since I lost my family. Laura was my lover, and my love, my friend, and my family. She was my body before it was damaged, and she was my heart the way it used to be. I couldn’t hold my emotions in because I was t
