The Gray
Between heated words and undying affection lies the line between black and white. Thick and gray, it pulls, pushes, tugs and shoves. Heavier than a smile and lighter than a frown, it is a burden all its own. It’s the line that separates distance from closeness.
It’s the place where we won’t be together, can’t be apart, don’t understand and haven’t a fucking clue what to say. Or do. It’s a land where pride wars with resolution, where “you” and “me” battles “us.” Chaos and order exist in equal measure. The ground is ice, the sky is fire and we must either go up in flames or freeze to death. There are few moments in which to decide.
I’ve stood on its fringe; watched the wariness in your eyes begin the slow flicker to trust. I’ve felt your body sway against its pull. I’ve caught the exact moment when you entered the gray; when, despite your pride’s intentions, you’ve tumbled in. I can only follow.
It is silent there, but only for a moment before the foundation starts to thaw. The first crack in the ice is half-scoff, half-chuckle. The sound is not enough to clear the coldness that lingers, but it’s warm enough to ward off the chill that surrounds us. A small smile, a tiny retraction, what’s between us now is a give and take that morphs from argument to banter.
Then you touch me.
I won’t lie. It only takes a single brush of your fingertips and victory is yours. Every ounce of fight becomes a turncoat. Surrender slides up my spine, over the curve of my neck, out of my lips. I need to feel you, taste you, smell you. I’m on my back in a heartbeat, your face filling my vision as your cock fills my cunt.
You aren’t gentle. I don’t want you to be.
It’s the only way to escape the gray. Every hard thrust, every harsh whisper, every mark we leave behind, they’re all necessary. They bind us, through sweat and tears, pain and pleasure, together. Nothing between us is ever simple. Complexity is what greases the wheels, keeps us moving smoothly through the days.
My hands brace the headboard, grasping for leverage against the force of your reconciliation. You demand, insist, won’t rest until I’ve given over completely. My spine arches, inviting you to take more, give more, fill me deeper, faster, harder. My growls aren’t a warning, but an offering.
I want everything you have to give. Incendiary kisses, desperate breaths, soulful moans; I take them all with greedy abandon. They are my reward, my prize for following you to this moment. Tomorrow we’ll start over. Exhaustion will overtake us and sleep will return “you” and “me” back to “us.”
For now, we’re both panting, desperate, reaching for release together. There won’t be any apologies. They aren’t needed. I feel it in the way you moan my name when you come, the sensation of you surging deep, spilling your seed, your soul inside. You feel it in every press of my body against yours, the “fuck, yes” issued from my mouth, the shuddering climax that follows.
Tomorrow we won’t remember that the gray exists. We won’t have any recollection of our falling out or our tumble in. We’ll only remember moving from shout to whisper, steady to shuddering, dark to light. In and out of the gray.
~fin