- the way he winds cords throughout the house with expertise from his av days.
- the space between his chest and armpit.
- the way his curls settle after a shower.
- how well he rolls our joints & blunts.
- when he stares at me over his glasses.
- the way he folds the laundry
- that his cooking is always a little spicy.
- how invested he is in building a secure life for us.
- our daily check-ins & peptalks.
- that he named our (1st) christmas tree bertrand.
- the size of his hands & fingers.
- how warm & rough his hands are when they're dry.
- resting his chest hair between my fingers as I'm falling asleep.
- when we start riffing on a dumb joke.
- when he wakes up after me & yells for me from the other room.
- how he makes himself get up and run even when he's tired.
- his love for writing in pencil.
- his love for yellow legal pads.
- when he wears white, denim, & baby blue.
- the color palette between his hair, eyes, lips, & rose pink-framed glasses.
- the bicycle tattoo on his thigh.
- his love for simple breakfasts eaten out of a bowl.
- his white wine mushroom pasta with bacon.
- that he is almost always down for my bad ideas.
- his new ocean matter deodorant.
- that he gives sunday her baths because he knows I don't like to.
- when he lays on the floor to pet sunday.
- how pouty his lips look as he sleeps.
- when he describes an old friend as a “sweet kid”.
nov 29 2019 ∞
jan 5 2022 +