Wet Confessions
I found myself scribbling notes furiously, not because I wanted to, but because every sentence he spoke seemed charged with double meaning philosophical on the surface, personal beneath.
“Desire is neither sin nor virtue,” he said, “but the way we act upon it defines our moral path. Control it poorly, and it consumes you. Understand it, and it illuminates you.”
I glanced up at him, catching a flicker of something in his eyes. It wasn’t judgment. It wasn’t disapproval. It was attention. Dangerous, precise attention.
After class, I lingered by the doorway, pretending to tie my shoelace.
“You stayed behind,” he said quietly.
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