My eyes sting. "I won't," I promise. It's a dangerous promise, I know that. "As long as you need me here, I won't." I'm bleeding quite a lot. I don't think I need to worry about it, though. I kiss his face again and again, because he's safe here, isn't he, for now, from himself as well.
At last I roll off him, onto the sweet grass. His neck is a raw mess and I kiss it very gently. "I wish it could be like this always," I say, though I know he doesn't know why it can't.
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My eyes sting. "I won't," I promise. It's a dangerous promise, I know that. "As long as you need me here, I won't." I'm bleeding quite a lot. I don't think I need to worry about it, though. I kiss his face again and again, because he's safe here, isn't he, for now, from himself as well.
At last I roll off him, onto the sweet grass. His neck is a raw mess and I kiss it very gently. "I wish it could be like this always," I say, though I know he doesn't know why it can't.