Maybe it’s the weather. Maybe it’s the phase of the moon. Maybe it’s just the butterfly effect at work. But I can’t sleep. And neither can you. Something is bothering me and you alike. We lay next to each other. Awake as can be. It’s dark outside. The night is silent. We don’t even need to turn the lights on, we’ve been sitting in the dark long enough that we can see each other.
“Quickie?” you say.
“We’re out of condoms, you know” I remind you. We said we’d never have kids. You love your career. I think climate change will kill us all. Kids are not in the cards for us. And you can’t use birth control. So, we’re always religious about condoms. But we’re out.
You think about it for a brief second. “You’ll have to pull out” is your final verdict. That’s the most risk you and I have ever taken. Pulling out! Like savages who aren’t really ready for a kid, but if it happened..
Somehow, you sound so assertive, so persuasive, so right. Common sense be damned. It can’t be bad if it’s voiced with such confidence. “Alright”. I climb on top of you. We make out a bit. I can feel myself grow while our tongues dance against each other. I’m hard. You moan softly as I bite your neck. “I’m wet” your only words, a barely audible whisper.