Aurora The rideshare waited outside for four minutes before I cancelled it. Kevin stood in the middle of the living room watching me, still in the shirt he had slept in, hair messy, eyes locked on my face like he was afraid the message would disappear if he blinked. I locked the phone and set it on the table. “Three more days,” I said. “Three more days.” He crossed the room and kissed me hard enough that I had to grip the front of his shirt to stay upright. The suitcase stayed by the door, half in the way, until he kicked it aside with his foot without breaking the kiss. We stumbled backward toward the bedroom and fell onto sheets that still smelled like the night before. There was nothing careful about it this time. Kevin got my clothes off like they had offended him. I dragged his shirt over his head and bit the place where his neck met his shoulder. He groaned and pushed two fingers into me, finding me already wet, and worked them until I was shaking. Then he rolled on a con
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