can i hold you?
please?
[i need this]
closer…
lean into me…

[she strokes his back]

Ssh!
don’t talk…
just feel…
do you feel it?
[do you feel anything?]
be present with me…

please…

[she exhales]

closer…
come closer,
please…
your skin…
it’s so…

what?
what did you say?
i’m sorry…
i thought you said something.

[silence]

[she inhales]

i love how your hair smells…

[silence]

goodnight

x

[she kisses his back]

words (c) Kat McDonald 2025

p.s. it’s been a while, innit?