18.2.11

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So on Wednesday evening as we’re watching JDMA again I hit pause, freezing Janice mid screech at an impossibly toned model, turn to the boy I’ve not formally introduced you too yet, and say “Do you think I need plastic surgery?”

And I clock the look. Panic, dread and confusion in a simple furrow of his brow. A look that screams “If I say the wrong thing he’ll leave me / hurt me / hack me into little pieces and store me in the freezer / all of the above”.

“Don’t be stupid. You’re gorgeous”

A kiss and a smile.

“You hesitated”

“It was a stupid question”

“Do I need my nose fixing?”

“Do you think you need it fixing?”

“I’m asking you”

“You’re perfect, you don’t need anything fixing”

Another kiss, another smile. Mine.

“I might just keep you around”

Un-pause.

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Anonymous said...

There you go. Start of the classic play/novel plot line: Boy meets girl (or boy). Boy loses boy. Boy gets boy back. Conflicts, obstacles, triumph!

Anonymous said...

LMFAO neurotic much?

Mr Modesty said...

Inexplicably neurotic.


I applaud you for finding a vague sense of structure to any of this.