TRASH(Y) - ROMANCE - ETC.


by Michelle Disler

I.
courage (screwed up his — )
ache: (kneading a deep — [his/hers]); bank, banked: (desire [his], etc.); burn, burning: (need [his/hers]); chasm: (of desire [his/hers]); courage: (screwed up his —, etc.); cupped: (face [his/hers], “warmth” [hers]); deep, deeper: (s/he took him/her); desire: (consuming [his], confusing [hers]); dream, dreamed: (of his/her naked[ness]); empty: (bed, head, heart [his/hers]; fire, fires: (s/he set off dozens of new —); fluttery: (breath [hers], heart [hers], gut [his], hands [hers], etc.); gasp: (pain, pleasure [hers]); groan: (earthy, raw, etc.); hair: (his fingers knotted in her—, her hands combed through his —); hall of fame: (his penis would be in the penis —); heat: (e.g. stoking the furnace of); heart: (skittering [hers], hammering [his]); hips: (pants [his], slacks [hers] tugged over —); hungry: (heart, head, etc.); innocent: (beautiful[ly] [her]); kiss, kissed: (—him/her senseless); lips: (his/hers parted for); manhood: (earthy, raw, etc..); melt: (her body seemed to —); masculine, masculinity: (earthy, raw, etc.); moan: (breathy [hers], gruff and throaty [his]); muscles: (knotted [his]); mood: (morning suited [his/her] —); need: (s/he was wild with, s/he was a puddle of); oath: (he muttered an —, she bit off an —); regret: (to his/her undying —); restless: (the memory made him/her—, etc.); rugged, ruggedness: (earthy, raw, etc. [his]); skittered: (pulse [hers], etc.); shoulders: (he grabbed her by the —, her hands dug into his muscled —); shudder: (earthy, raw, etc. [his/hers]); sigh, sighed: (earthy, raw, etc. [his/hers]); strain, strained: (his/her body against); taste: (earthy, raw, etc. [his], flowers and sunshine [hers]); thighs: (clothing stripped from [his/hers]); wild: (need [his, known], [hers, awakened,] etc.); tangled: (pain/pleasure [his/hers])


II.
his/her need took him/her [not] entirely by surprise
s/she brought him/her to the peak
s/he captured his/her mouth
s/he could feel a storm brewing inside him/her
s/he could hardly be in love with him/her
s/he drove him/her to the edge
s/he fanned his/her flame
s/he felt him/herself unable to breath, to speak
s/he gave a deep sigh, and smiled-grimaced-turned away-turned-toward him/her
s/he gentled his/her kiss
s/he learned to wager wisely and to win, a skill that never failed to surprise him/her
s/he instructed as s/he obeyed
s/he made him/her realize the depths of his/her need
s/he told him/her silently of his/her love
s/he stoked his/her fire
s/he stroked his/her wild mane
s/he took his/her chin in his/her hands, and held his/her still
s/he wanted very much to soothe him/her
s/she was afraid that even if s/he’d won that s/he’d lose

his/her limbs went weak
his/her need took him/her [not] entirely by surprise


III.
love: where to find
after an animal rescue (a boxer in winter); after a kidnapping (imported Irish bookkeeper, imported Irish stable girl); after marriage (imported Irish bookkeeper, imported Irish stable girl); at the races (imported Irish bookkeeper, imported Irish stable girl); at the bed and breakfast (with the B & B owner, after a late-night raiding the fridge); at an art gallery (fairies are nice, wood sculptures are better); at a home-delivery (twins); in the diner (the waitress and the entrepreneur); in the attic (with the B & B owner, after a late-night raiding the fridge); in the basement behind a locked door (with the B & B owner, after a late-night raiding the fridge); on the coast; in a moonlit cove (with the B & B owner, after a late-night raiding the fridge); in the soft light of the bedroom (with the concert pianist and the handsome town doctor, former flames); in the kitchen (she cooks! she works! she’s raising a well-adjusted son!); in-between the two-by-fours that make a home (with the concert pianist and the handsome town doctor, former flames); on crutches (single mom, car accident); through the mail (rancher orders mail-order-librarian-bride-wife); with a star athlete (baseball); with a star athlete (baseball, retired); with an old flame (with the concert pianist and the handsome town doctor); with a rancher (orders mail-order-librarian-bride-wife); with the son of a pastor, himself a pastor, too; with a comic book artist (with hound, in a modest apartment); with a single mother of two (divorced); with a single mother of one (divorced); with the local chief of police (handsome, rugged); with the town doctor (handsome, rugged); with the owner of the local craft store (beads, beautiful); with the owner of the local craft store (knitting/crocheting, beautiful); with the neighbor two floors up (banker, sexy in buttoned up suits); with the new vet (smart, beautiful, probably taken); with the new nurse practitioner (smart, beautiful, probably taken); with the safety engineer (handsome, rugged, probably taken); with the architect (handsome, rugged, probably taken); with the temperamental artist (painter, beautiful, probably taken); with the temperamental artist (musician, beautiful, probably taken); with the town psychologist (moonlighting as an online dating business owner); with a loan officer (banker, sexy in buttoned up suits); while ice skating (with rugged, handsome engineer); while snow shoeing (with rugged, handsome engineer); after painting (smart, beautiful, probably taken painter of fairies); after delivery (pizza, babies)