steamy showers,

heated kisses.

i melted into

your fingertips.

it wasn't

the one night stand

kind of intimacy.

i knew it

in the way you

stared into me

like i was the prettiest thing

you've ever seen.

in the way

you gripped my hands

like you'd

fall into oblivion

if you didn't.

don't look at me

that way.

don't patronize me

for loving you.

because

-god, i tried not to.