Serpentine Desires
There was no way I was going to touch him skin to skin.
Not because I was disgusted. No, that was the last resort. Ever since that first day, I realised that touching him was not mentally or physically good for me. It was every time I touched him, he left a residue, an invisible mark that seeped into my very being. I couldn't sleep after being near him, breathe properly, or know what was happening around the world. The world itself seemed to shrink and warp, bending to his presence. His eyes... they followed me even when he wasn't there, burning into my thoughts, my dreams, my reality. It was a relentless torment; a ghost I couldn't exorcise.