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..."

his finger and whispers in my

"Do not."

and look

other day I

His smile is devastating.

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

holds up his

"In fact..."

my heart pounds so hard it almost makes my

meet in a hungry

man? These kisses? He's the addiction your mom always warns

us, of this, that one day

as our legs tangle with

you and I want this to

he says between kisses.

can't stop thinking about your dad coming down the stairs with one of the steak knives from the

groans and kisses

messing with

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

quickly unbuttoning his jeans and pressing me back against

never saw this in my future, I

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

he's right, I'm so sensitive and emotional I can't even control my own body

looks up at the stairway like he's afraid then looks back

to warn you about how fast I was going to go but fuck, it's even worse than I thought.” He bites

baby, you have

there is to

makes the pressure shift just enough for his angle to hit the perfect little magical

don't know what

It's just

never find out that the couch has joined the

almost embarrassed as

mess, like a way bigger mess than we've ever

"I got it."

returns from the downstairs wet bar with an array of

groan as he

have to not do that...the only reason I have self control is fear

scenario,’ I say as he tugs my shorts back up and wipes down

of his old shotguns that he probably doesn't even know

"Perfect."

trash in the corner, taking one look at the wash-—rag

dick, making your prophetic story actually come true.”

the towel

that funny?” “Hilarious.” I laugh again as he pulls me

can feel

body is hot against

the reflection of the documentary on

to know that I'm here, by your side, no