Growth Reversal by @poobou

When the lovely powers-that-be at Room 704 said that this month’s theme is “growth,” I thought of one thing… My ass. Here’s the backstory for those of you who don’t know me (which I’m guessing is probably a lot of you). I was a fat kid, fat teenager, and a fat adult. In 2002, when I was 26, I had gastric bypass surgery. I lost 100 pounds. I never got exactly skinny, per se,...

My Personal Paris by @room704

I lay with my eyes closed. Reciting times tables in my head. Cataloging the feel of every part of his sleeping (slightly snoring) body pressed behind mine. I could smell him. In a good way. In a “panties burst into flames kind of way.” But we were determined to be good. We were supposed to be napping between classes. He was. I wasn’t. My pulse was racing in my neck as I tried to distract myself...

Sultry in Paris by @VDog

*This may or may not be a work of fiction.* It was a steamy night in Paris. My lover and I had not expected a heat wave in late June and thus did not check whether or not our hotel had air conditioning. It did not. After a sweaty sun-filled day of chocolate croissants and quaint side streets, we returned to our room and showered away our stickiness. In our tiny room, windows wide open to the street, we walked...

Room 123 by @room704

He texted me the room number. Before I could knock, the door flew open and he pulled me inside. His mouth was all over me in an instant. It had been so long since we had been together that the heat was immediate. Hands tearing clothes off, frantically making our way to the bed, mouths searching familiar territory. He suddenly stopped. Taking my face in his hands, he looked into my eyes. “I love you” he whispered...

she, alone by @sarcasticmomlc

she lies alone her thoughts scattered her pale skin naked her limbs splayed across the bed she breathes in as her lungs fill her mind swells and centers on him their moment the time they had her fingers flutter she moves with precision missing him needing to feel as she did then eyelids pressed shut so tight her lashes kiss her face breath locked deep chest trembling she recalls him over and over again she brings...