“Wait a sec,” said Dove, “It’s not like we’ve been serious. We’ve just been hanging out.”
“Hanging out,” Swan muttered. Or something like it; she was tearing out one of her pinfeathers with her beak.
“I’m dealing with a lot. It wouldn’t be fair. To you.”
“Fair to me would be you go fuck yourself.”
Dove felt humbled by her certainty that between a mutual loathing of the yard’s corn-Thursdays and a mutual weakness for Depeche Mode lay the makings of a life together. A vista opened up… “I’m no longer sure,” he sighed. “Of anything.”
“Oh, I am,” said Swan.
The sequel to this story is True.
“Hanging out,” Swan muttered. Or something like it; she was tearing out one of her pinfeathers with her beak.
“I’m dealing with a lot. It wouldn’t be fair. To you.”
“Fair to me would be you go fuck yourself.”
Dove felt humbled by her certainty that between a mutual loathing of the yard’s corn-Thursdays and a mutual weakness for Depeche Mode lay the makings of a life together. A vista opened up… “I’m no longer sure,” he sighed. “Of anything.”
“Oh, I am,” said Swan.
The sequel to this story is True.
Depeche Mode - you are funny!
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