They All Fall Down
The tension that had been coiling in me since I woke up in Richard’s bed, since I threw the watch on the pavement, since the geek’s hands touched me, since the world ended at midnight, it shattered.
I came with a silent, wrenching convulsion, my mouth open in a scream the water swallowed. It wasn’t pleasure; it was a violent expulsion. A seizure of feeling that turned my limbs to liquid jelly. I collapsed fully onto the shower floor, a boneless heap, letting the torrent pour over my open mouth, my closed eyes, the watch still humming between my legs, the aftershocks wracking through me.
When I could breathe again, when the sensitivity tipped over into a raw, almost painful overspill, I dragg