Chapter 44 : Everything In The Right Place

Ash's POV He wasn't saying anything. Oh Goddess, why wasn't he saying anything!? May I be yours? Oh, you absolute cornball, Ashford! Why didn't you think of any poetry you read together? You, a damn author of an anthology that ran weekly, and yet you couldn't think on the fly to save your life. No wonder he wasn't talking! The whir of his outside generator flickered on as it did in real life, and again I questioned the metaphysics of the dream. It felt more real than any of my nighttime escapades, but maybe that's because Suzy was directly connecting us back at the temple. Eternal Lady, I wish all of this came with notes! A little manual to figure Kenny the hell out. Sweat gathered at my temple, threatening to slide down on my next inhale. He still hadn't said anything. We were still tangled up in each other, close enough for another kiss if I wanted to push it. Did I? Goddess, what if what I said was weird, or too fast, or— "This sucks," Kenny spoke finally