His smell still lingered in the rooms. It clung to her body, all needy, no matter how wide she opened the windows. No matter how many times she lost herself in the shower.
The sun promised a fresh start this morning as it streamed through matted hair and dried the water droplets off her skin as she stood on cool bathroom tiles. The warmth tickled her nipples gently the way his breath sometimes would.
She folded yesterdays washing, including two pairs of his underwear and that T-shirt that always pinched a little across his chest.
She took a deep breath as she thought back to when they’d stretched out under a candy sky with bare toes like little piglets, muddy and squealing in delight as their owners lips found a million ways to move and fascinate.
Before they moved in angry lines. Before they trembled. Before tears mixed with spittle on their shaky platforms.
She held out his boxer briefs, all stiff to the touch from the sun and climbed into them. Wrapped them around at her waist and secured them with a bobby pin. She would allow herself this just for today while she used the other pair to scrub the floors and scour every last scent, dust and doubt away.
markgb
AAAAHHAAA great ending! Yea. =)))(
I love the way you describe things Jess.
dogfish
very vivid. :-}
TRACY BAGNALL
I love your descriptions, I was there with her, wonderful writting, well done.
Paul Louis Vil...
Wonderful twist!
Your words had me transfixed until I broke out in a smile as she scrubbed the dust, scent and doubt away! :D
Lisa Jewell
Speechless…....
Hugs XO
jtaft
The last line especially is magic!
PJ Ryan
how gorgeous .. i love the daks with the bobby pin LOL
truly magical xx
aglaia b
so wickedly good. lol ;-) xox
shaktipat
oh how i do adore the way your words move in so many ways – whimsical and swirling, raw and jagged.
Allison Lane
Magic! I was scrubbing with you…
Holly Ringland
ouch…
this made my heart hurt jess… in a beautiful sweet way.
Sorina Williams
you have a way with words! Love the ending.
greeneyes
love the ending
Geoff Coleman...
That beautiful juxtaposition of competing needs at the end is part of what makes you such a stunning writer Jess – so poignant.
jemimalovesbigted
hehe
mstrace
you made me feel as if I were there, inside the memory of him as you stood in the bathroom. and then putting his briefs on while scrubbing gunk off the floors with his other pair…brilliant! such a beautiful mind you have, such a way with words...
yt sumner
beautiful darling. I liked her so much. Especially her need to clean. meh. xx
MissKristy
Oh Jessie..
“with bare toes like little piglets, muddy and squealing in delight as their owners lips found a million ways to move and fascinate”
How divine! I really identify with this piece.
Hayley Cafarella
beautifully descriptive…great twist :D
jomei249
Love the ending!
brianjarvis
v v clever, lmao.
Trish Cooper
Jess…...you truly are a gift…....wow, a magical, mystical, muse….with such extreme talent!! Hugs!!
Jeff Burns
You have one amazing talent you are so gifted.
Never stop doing anything that you do. Please. Wow
greeneyedlady
oh, jessica…..you have so aptly described what we all really already know….the scent of memory cannot be washed (or wished) away easily….wonderfully poignant piece.
Tatterhood
Some gorgeous place between poetry and prose; beautiful rhythms, beautiful images.