By Nicole Blake Copyright ©2026 In the hush between my thoughts, you slip in— a silhouette draped in velvet heat, eyes like slow-burning embers that dare me closer. I imagine the air between us thickening, your breath grazing my cheek like a secret only skin can keep. My fingers trace the map of you in the dark of my mind, learning every curve as if the world might end before I finish. Your name tastes forbidden— a ripe fruit I roll on my tongue but never bite, though my body