They All Fall Down
“Good.”
With a deliberate, almost clinical motion, I pulled my left wrist down, tucking the watch, with its faintly glowing band and dormant hologram, tightly between my thighs, pressing it hard against the sensitive core of me. The ceramic and metal were warm from the water, an alien, smooth object in that most intimate place.
I leaned my head back against the cold tiles, eyes closed, water streaming over my face. This wasn’t about pleasure. It was about obliteration. A tiny, controlled earthquake to drown out the big one.