Compilation Of Short Stories
she said, her voice hoarse, “was a resounding success.”
He actually laughed, a rough, unused sound. He cupped her cheek, his thumb stroking her skin. “The methodology was… unorthodox. But the results are beyond peer review.”
She leaned into his touch. “The research is ongoing, Professor. This was merely the first experiment.”
He looked at the scattered papers on the floor, the tilted globe, the woman on his desk who smelled of sex and magic and him. His ordered world was in glorious, beautiful ruins.
“I look forward to the next iteration,” he said, and meant it with every fiber of his being.