DIRTY DADDIES
Gentle pulses, overflowing.
After, he traced the rope burns, purple bruises, blood-crusted cuts, with his fingers.
“Marry me. When I'm back. Make this gold permanent.”
I smiled, kissing his knuckles, tasting my own blood.
“Ask me again in six months if you’re not dead yet.”
Dawn slanted through the garage slats, painting us in gold light. I dressed. His cum dried crusty on my skin. Rope marks hidden under my hoodie.
At the door, I paused. “Green stops it. Red goes. But gold—”