Spicy Hot
But something about its presence, the way it was there without explanation, paralyzed me.
I bent down to pick it up. My fingers met the paper, smooth and cold. I turned it over for a long time before opening it, weighing it, feeling it, trying to guess its contents by touch alone. There was something about this paper, this black ink, that sent a chill down my spine. And heat elsewhere. Very hot.
A wave of heat in the pit of my stomach, inexplicable, inappropriate.