Filed to story: My Dark Romeo (Dallas & Romeo) Drama Story
I scratched my temple. “Didn’t you just tell me to-“
“Before I change my fucking mind, Shortbread.”
Whoa.
“Only because you’re asking so nicely.” I ambled to the bed, falling onto it.
He stared at me. “Go to sleep.”
“What?”
“Go. To. Sleep,” he bit out, slower and louder.
“I heard you the first time, but-“
“I’ll be back.”
He collected his wallet and left.
Just left.
Without an explanation.
Whatever happened to “before I change my mind”? Maybe he’d changed it after all.
Deciding that today was eventful enough, I did, in fact, descend into the sweet arms of slumber.
In my dreams, I drowned in books. Ink-scented hardcovers. With words and universes and creatures far and foreign.
In my dreams, there was no beast disguised as a husband.
Most importantly-no heartbreak disguised as marriage.
***
Ollie vB
Did she break you yet?
Romeo Costa
Consider me unbreakable.
Zach Sun
Consider me appalled by the fact that you sound like a Sia song these days.
Romeo Costa
@ZachSun, since when do you use cultural references that have nothing to do with fine art?
Ollie vB
His parents sent him on a date with an influencer last week.
Romeo Costa
How many of your brain cells survived?
Zach Sun
Nearly all of them.
I used concealed noise-canceling earbuds and smiled and nodded at two-minute intervals.
Romeo Costa
Sounds promising.
When’s the wedding announcement?
Ollie vB
@RomeoCosta, you want to tell me you really didn’t taste that sweet, tight pussy yet?
Romeo Costa
I am going to cut your tongue off with a butter knife next time I see you.
Ollie vB
Why a butter knife?
It’d only make things unnecessarily long and messy.
Romeo Costa
Exactly.
Ollie vB
@ZachSun, notice how he didn’t say yes or no when I asked him about sampling his bride. What do you think?
Zach Sun
Zigzagging over the edge.
Drunk.
And legless.
Ollie vB
His fall will be spectacular.
Romeo Costa
Temptation is resistible, believe it or not.
Ollie vB
That might apply to a cake. Not a woman who looks like your wife.
Is her sister still in college?
Romeo Costa
It’s been ten hours since you’ve last asked, so yes.
Ollie vB
Time drags when you’re waiting.
Zach Sun
Tell that to your prison guard when you get locked up for statutory rape.
Romeo’s POV
I tramped up and down Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, chewing seven pieces of gum, almost ripping my hair off my scalp.
Why the fuck had I taunted Shortbread with that toothbrush?
The stubborn little nymph almost went along with it, too. It was a dare on my end. One that exploded in my face in spectacular fashion.
She’d managed to make me curse.
And cuddle.