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My body feels detached from my soul as my eyeballs crawl to see Thomas standing with a longing look in his eyes. It’s then my lips form a smile, “Tommy, you're all dirty, aha go wash up before suppers done”. He grumps a bit before lugging to the bathroom down the hall, as I stood up from my desk and stumbled into the kitchen checking the steak for its perfect little pinkness, “Perfect” I whispered to myself.
My fingers moved with precision as the blade cut through potatoes like butter, Tommy always had sharp knives. The water next to me on the stove rumbled as I quickly added the cut potatoes to the boil. Thomas looked over with his hands damp, his eyes glanced at the pot before he rubbed his belly.
“When are you not hungry?” I chuckled, his eyebrows raising to say ‘you see the size of me’. I shook my head before removing the steak from the pan, then the onions and mushrooms to add on top of the steak. “Fuck this looks delious, don’t it?” I smiled at my creation as I waited for potatoes so I could eventually mash them. Tommy’s head shook up and down rapidly as he tried snagging a few mushrooms, that was before I had his hand smacked “Hey- Wait Tommy, patience love” my eyes wandered his body and hair before I smiled “give me 8 minutes and ill have a plate set”.
My hands gripped the pot as I mashed the potatoes down and added some green onion. Adding some to Tommy’s plate I set the table and prayed before we started the feast. “Good steak huh?” I gave him a look, a props to the butcher as you’d say. His mask creaked as I saw his eyes smile, somebody was enjoying a yummy supper. My jaw mechanically chewed as I watched birds and cars down below out the window, life was moving forward and I was at peace with Tommy. Then we moved forward and started washing dishes and letting the house rest for the night, just like me and Tommy would, stretching into bed after our night routine.
I stared at his chest, bare and hairy, moving up and down with a perfect calming motion. He stared up at the ceiling just being in the moment, I admired that, his peace and numbness to the world around. His jaw, not clenched but relaxed with the rest of his face, which was bare from the suffocating mask and showed his scars and deformities. “Love you Tommy” I gave a small smile as he turned and held me close “mmm” he hummed to me and let his eyes rest.
My eyes drifted to the window before sitting back at my desk, refusing the comfort of bed. The city was lit during the darker hours as cars moved fast in the slowness of the night, life continued, it was so beautiful. My fingers tapped my phone before I slid my airpods in, gradually turning up music that could touch my heart. “Tommy the night looks nice” I whispered, but never heard a response, then I turned and saw my bed empty, it never held anyone but me.
My heart ached a bit before I let my eyes drift back to the window, life moved forward but…I felt at a standstill just watching, with a feeling of-
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I haven’t posted in awhile, i haven’t really felt any inspiration especially with school and work. This was just a short story I typed up quickly about Tommy but also more about my feelings right now in life. Little more on a sad side but also strange feelings I’ve never felt much before, I’d like to say it’s loneliness but it’s not true loneliness (or doesn’t feel like it).
I’m not here to sob or type out an essay just to give you something, at least something to make it feel like I’m doing something with I’m by myself.
Anyway, I might do more little things like this but i can’t ever promise anything💀 I’m the type of person who can be certain about anything and too lazy to write or make a new bot. (Ps: I was too lazy to reread so if there’s mistakes don’t bash me too much🙏🏽🥲).
Cutie~.~















