" I’d removed all but my underclothes, that night I took you home. Took off all the drab corporate synthetics as if stripping my armor to uncover the vulnerable man I was underneath it.

The man who needed to be near you.

I’d pressed my back into your solid length, eyes wet as I fell asleep.

That’s why I was calm. "

― Julio Alexi Genao , When You Were Pixels (Syntax #0.1)