Dirty and Sinful Collection
Petty, I know, but petty is my superpower.
Damien was on my bed, propped on an elbow like he belonged to the furniture. Shoes off, sleeves rolled, the kind of stillness that makes you want to poke just to see if he moves. I’d been telling him a ridiculous story about a girl in my department who claimed her professor had plagiarized her TikTok caption. He was pretending to listen, which meant he was listening to everything but organizing it into a more sensible version.
“You’re not even smiling,” I said, bouncing my heel against the mattress.