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Everywhere we look, the few people on the streets are wearing masks.
The news that the first vaccine will start to be manufactured within a month surprised even my mother, who is an optimist by nature. Odin, once again, was right.
However, even if people start getting vaccinated, the world will never be the same.
I believe it will take a long time for them to feel safe. Maybe it will never happen again. Only from the next generation onwards. My kids will probably only talk about it as a bad time in history, but it’s a new reality for us.
Kids? Where did that come from?
Despite being something I wish to have in the future, I’ve never found myself thinking about my descendants as I do now.
“Have you noticed that even if they keep their distance, people still stop to greet each other?” she asks as we enter the family neighborhood where her parents are living.
“I think most people miss talking to other people, especially those living alone. Not everyone is lucky enough to be locked up with a supermodel.” I look at her, hiding a smile just in time to see her rolling her eyes.
“And me, with a Greek CEO. Lucky for me; other people’s loss.”
“What other people?”
She looks at me quickly but turns away again. “It’s none of my business. I spoke without thinking.”
“I haven’t slept with anyone else since we met in Barcelona. I’m not guided by my dick. When I want a woman, it’s just her I want, but it usually doesn’t last.”
“I don’t want to hear about it,” she says, sounding pissed at me.
“But you do because I know you feel insecure. I’m with you, Zoe,not because we have to be locked up in the house but because I want to be. If I was just after sex, a phone call would solve my problem. I wantmore.”
“Can you stop the car for a moment? It makes me nervous to fight while you’re driving.”
“Are we fighting?”
She doesn’t respond, but as soon as I find a place to pull over, she gets rid of her seat belt and gets into my lap. “I’ve never been good at interpreting subtext.”
“What?”
“Are we together for real? Like diving headfirst into the possibility of a future?”
Her hands cup my face so I don’t look away.
There is no need. I don’t want to stop staring at her when I answer. “Yes, we are together for real. Are you ready for this?”
My heart beats almost painfully in my chest. Even though she’s told me she loves me, a thought takes over.
What if the opposite is true, and she’s only with me because she has nowhere else to go?
“Ready for what? Words, Christos. Give me literally what you want from me. From both of us.”
“I want everything. A future. No more running away, physical, or mentally, Zoe. I want it all.”
She looks at me like she’s trying to know my every thought. Her expression turns smug, then she pulls me into a kiss that makes me forget where we are, and I want to bury myself in her body.
“As much as I like the idea of seeing your parents again, I’m dying to get home.”
The corner of her mouth turns up. “Do you have to work, Mr. Lykaios?”
“A lot. Inside you, getting deep inside. You’re fully healed from the bruises on your feet and hands, so we can fuck with less care.”
She turns red. I’ve noticed that whenever I act like I really am, without using nice words to say what I want, she blushes, but she also gets aroused.
