DON’T STOP
The bathroom door creaked open.
It was Steve.
He stepped in fully clothed. He was wearing jeans, a faded T-shirt, and his hair was still messy from sleep. His eyes were soft and apologetic, but there was a glint there too. Hunger. The same quiet hunger he’d had when we first started dating—simple, sweet, nothing like the feral edge Norman always carried.
“Steve, I’m late,” I sighed, turning my face into the spray, trying to sound firm.
He didn’t answer with words. Instead, he kicked off his shoes, peeled his shirt over his head, and stepped under the water behind me still in his jeans, like he couldn’t wait long enough to undress properly. The denim soaked through instantly, clinging to his