He knows it's a lie because hers is blue and his is yellow with a red rubber grip for the thumb to rest on, but he's never bothered to point this out for her. It's a cat's lie -- one of a dozen little white ones that pepper themselves throughout the day. Half-truths he lets her tells herself and him, tokens that (when added up) buy them another day of whatever this is.
Leaning in the doorway, he watches the muscles of her neck move as she braces a hand on the lip of the sink and spits. When she glances up at him in the mirror, he smiles but only with his eyes.
7:04 AM
It's better to do than the offer -- another thing that he's learned. Steam rises in curled wisps from the wide-faced mug and the only thing he tells her is, "Here."
hurgh sorry, school ate me today. :[margueyMarch 11 2010, 03:39:06 UTC
7:05 AM What manner of god was it that made the margay, with her long tapered fingers and her slow, sly smile? Her mouth curves just so at the corners with the faintest hint of tiger teeth as she reaches to curl her hands around the warm mug, eyes golden with simple pleasure.
8:21 AM The note on the refrigerator reads:
Breakfast with Jack. Don't miss me too terribly. - R.
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He knows it's a lie because hers is blue and his is yellow with a red rubber grip for the thumb to rest on, but he's never bothered to point this out for her. It's a cat's lie -- one of a dozen little white ones that pepper themselves throughout the day. Half-truths he lets her tells herself and him, tokens that (when added up) buy them another day of whatever this is.
Leaning in the doorway, he watches the muscles of her neck move as she braces a hand on the lip of the sink and spits. When she glances up at him in the mirror, he smiles but only with his eyes.
7:04 AM
It's better to do than the offer -- another thing that he's learned. Steam rises in curled wisps from the wide-faced mug and the only thing he tells her is, "Here."
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What manner of god was it that made the margay, with her long tapered fingers and her slow, sly smile? Her mouth curves just so at the corners with the faintest hint of tiger teeth as she reaches to curl her hands around the warm mug, eyes golden with simple pleasure.
8:21 AM
The note on the refrigerator reads:
Breakfast with Jack. Don't miss me too terribly.
- R.
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