This 2500-word short story originally appeared in the lesbian short-story collection called Blue Sky Sideways, published by Masquerade Books in 1996.
Excerpt:
I could fix you, I wanted to say. I could make you whole again.
How I wanted to slide one finger into the ringed loop at the zippered neck of her jacket. How I wanted to pull down that zipper and reveal her, knowing somehow that seeing the shell of her skin would wreck me, devour me, consume me. I knew it all - I could visualize how pale her skin would look against the black of her snowsuit, how pink her nipples would be. Wanting to see the chill of the air bring a blushing hue to her all over. Bizarre. Dangerous to have those feelings for a total stranger.
But we weren't strangers for long.
Adults only, please.
Excerpt:
I could fix you, I wanted to say. I could make you whole again.
How I wanted to slide one finger into the ringed loop at the zippered neck of her jacket. How I wanted to pull down that zipper and reveal her, knowing somehow that seeing the shell of her skin would wreck me, devour me, consume me. I knew it all - I could visualize how pale her skin would look against the black of her snowsuit, how pink her nipples would be. Wanting to see the chill of the air bring a blushing hue to her all over. Bizarre. Dangerous to have those feelings for a total stranger.
But we weren't strangers for long.
Adults only, please.