Hush Hush

by Lucia Franco

these tots. It's all wood and peasant clothing.

Yeah. I'm an angel with black wings born with no morals or modesty, and legs for days that spread like holy water. But at least I put them to good use.

“I'm a complication you need, sweetheart,

"Then get lost inside me and I'll take care of us. I need you to, because I'm already lost to you. I'm fucked, Aubrey. I don't know what I'm going to do, because I already know when our time is up I'm not going to be able to watch you walk away. I'm just not. I don't know what our future holds, but I do know I want you in it."

"You really are a whore, aren't you?"

Heart drop...

"That's what you are, though. You're a fucking whore who I just happened to fall in love with."

"If you don't leave now, I'm going to make you mine forever. It's what you want. It's what I fuckin' want, and we both know it. Last chance, sweetheart."