You’re Mine by Penny Brooks

Harper

 I'm exhausted.

Mom and Dad have finally gone to bed, but I wouldn't put it past them to do room checks like they used to at summer camp.

I'm still downstairs with Easton bingeing some murderous documentary about a crime of passion, and some creepy stalker who always pretended to be her work friend but secretly cut pieces of her hair and slept with them in his pillow.

Ryan and Sadie are upstairs doing who knows what in the kitchen.

The creepy man on the screen continues his stalking.

Gross.

I shudder.

"Are you cold?"

Easton asks, pulling me close.

I frown.

"Is it just me or are you way too into the part where he almost gets away with it.” He shakes his head like he's disappointed in the mass murderer.

"I mean, he's an idiot, he could have made it, but noooo, he has to go back for one of those creepy pieces of hair like he didn't just kill her for rejecting him."

I scrunch up my nose.

"Weird that the husband ended up living."

"Poor guy probably wishes he were dead, imagine someone standing over you while you sleep with a butcher knife."

"Yay, what a great Christmas, so merry and bright,"

I tease and give him a hard shove.

“I'm going to have nightmares tonight about knives.” He laughs.

I turn to him and grip him by the shirt.

"I will end you if you sneak into my room, hover over me with a knife and scare the shit out of me.

I'll take that same knife and chop off both balls.” "Wouldn't that make me a eunuch?"

"Yes,"

I seethe.

"With the giant dick but a severe lack of testosterone and desire to have sex."

"Should I be scared that you just gave me an exact definition?"

He smiles.

"Chill, I won't scare you, I actually like my testicles and um..."

whispers in my

"Do not."

and look

so hard the other day I

His smile is devastating.

like a wild animal in bed, not that I'm

up his

"In fact..."

heart pounds so hard

lips meet in

survive without this man? These kisses? He's the addiction your mom always

going to get tired of us, of this, that one day we really will make it through the

tangle with each other and the blankets on

you and I want this

he says between kisses.

about your dad coming down the stairs with one of the

and

with my

my dad's messing with your erection, that's new,’ I tease, kissing

tugs down my shorts quickly unbuttoning his jeans and

admit I dreamt about it but never saw this in my future, I was too

how big his dick was, but now my body instantly relaxes, basically sucking him in and saying a

I can't even control my own body as I get dangerously close within a

at the stairway like he's afraid then looks back

fast I was going to go but fuck,

have a magic

really all there is to

makes the pressure shift just enough

know

if It's just

is Mom can never find out that the couch has joined the soon

almost embarrassed as Easton

bigger mess than we've ever

"I got it."

me again and returns from the downstairs wet bar with an array of paper towels and a warm rag from the

he

"Gonna have to not do that...the only reason I have

case scenario,’ I say as he tugs my

shotguns that he

"Perfect."

towels, tossing them in the trash in the corner, taking one look at the wash-—rag and looking to me for

prophetic story actually come true.” I

the towel and walks

pulls me into his arms, kissing me

feel your

body is hot against

we sit with the reflection

that I'm