SINFUL DESIRES
It was also a genuine question, asked in a genuine way, and Aren had spent enough time across this table from Lyric to know the difference.
“Desire is want with weight,” Aren said slowly. “It’s not just moving toward something. It’s the feeling of being pulled. The awareness of distance between where you are and where you want to be, and the way that distance sits in your body.”
“Sits in your body,” Lyric repeated.
“In your chest. Your hands. The back of your throat. It’s physical even when it’s not about something physical.”
Lyric was very still.
“I feel something like that,” they said. “I wasn’t sure what to call it.”