Rising Shards

After an incredibly long drought, I had a partner again. Well, we were still a bit cautious in officially confirming anything, wanting to make sure we'd both thought it over just a touch more, but as we cuddled together on my couch, I felt like I'd reached the end of a long road. Walking on a lonely path for so long was draining in its own way, so finally getting to this point felt nicely cathartic. It was like I was walking on a worn, busted up road, and finally got to an intersection where I could turn off into one that had fresh new pavement and felt good to walk on.

"Whatcha thinking about?" Alix asked. We had both worn each other out with our lovemaking, so her voice was adorably sleepy.

"About metaphors for roads, I guess," I said.

"Huh?"

She understood it better once I explained it.

"I bet you can't guess what I'm thinking about," Alix said.

"I'm gonna bet something a bit less metaphorical," I said.

"Yes! I am thinking that..." She took one of my hands in hers and kissed my knuckles. "That today's our anniversary."

"Awww," I said, feeling the sparkle in my eyes.

"Which..." She sat up abruptly, getting up to search around the scattered clothes on the ground. Admittedly I loved the view so I wouldn't have minded it it took her longer, but she grabbed her phone and fancy tech glasses quickly, climbing back under the covers with me. "I have to add that into all my calendars, because I just know if I don't I'll forget and it'll be a big mess for everyone."

"Oh, I wouldn't be mad if you forgot it," I said, not able to picture me having a big blowup if she actually did forget a calendar date.

"Well! I just wanna be safe," Alix said. After entering that date in, she put her glasses on and looked at me. "Mind if I get a picture of you for the database?"

"Um, let me get dressed first," I giggled.

I didn't really want a picture of me pretty soon after sex, especially not for whatever she meant by 'database,' but we did get a cute selfie of us cuddling together that didn't immediately look like we just fucked each other's brains out, and it wasn't at all clear how declothed we were as we had tops on at least. I didn't really want to get the rest of our clothes back on yet, but there'd be plenty of time for naked cuddling later.

Alix stretched, eyeing the door.

"Time to head back?" I asked.

"Oh, um..." Alix said. "Usually I get kicked out, so I'm kind of just bracing for that if I have to go."

"I'm not gonna kick you out," I said. "You can even spend the night if you want."

"Oh, for real?" Alix said.

"But like I said before, my bed's kinda small."

"I don't mind! I'll even sleep on the floor at the foot of the bed if you want!" Alix said.

The way she said that so eagerly had me wondering. "Do you actually want to sleep at the foot of my bed?"

"I've done it before," Alix said. "We could get a puppy bed and everything!"

"We could, true," I laughed. "Maybe we can see if we'll both fit. If not, maybe next time I'll spend the night at your place."

"Oh, you'd love my place," Alix said.

"Any particular reason for that?" I asked as she just left that hanging.

"Um, because I...live there?" Alix said.

"Oh," Another laugh as I hugged her close.

"And my TV is like moderately big," Alix said. "No offense to your TV. But mine is a little better."

"Is it a competition now?" I asked.

Alix snickered. "I didn't say that! But if there is one, it's between the TVs, and mine wins."

"Well, we'll have to test that when I come over." I said. 

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