THE NIGHT THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING
He held my hands firmly and he took me to his room, the moment he'd closed the door.
His room at night was different from his room in daylight — the lamp on the nightstand casting a warm low light that made the space smaller and more specific, the window dark, the sketchbook closed on the writing desk. He moved through it with the ease of someone entirely at home in the space and I moved through it differently — with the awareness of someone entering something for the first time and finding it both unfamiliar and exactly what they expected.
Alex wrapped his arms around me and kissed me tenderly on my lips. Soon it deepened and turned into a passionate smooch. His entire body was fired against my body. I felt like melting in his arms.
I pulled his t-s
