Fallout (Crank 3)

A foreign scent lifts from our

skin. After-sex perfume.

Not altogether unpleasant.

Eventually he says, We should

probably clean up. Ever

showered with a guy before?

For some crazy reason,

embarrassment attacks.

I’ve just gone all the way. And

suddenly I’m worried about him

seeing my naked body? “Never.”

Whether it’s the tone of my

voice or the look on my face,

he grins. First time for everything.

The sheets are a mess, and I

am compelled to strip them

immediately. Hope OxyClean

can handle it. Meanwhile,

Bryce has started the shower.

By the time I get there,

the bathroom is rain-forest

steamy. We step into the shower

together. Hot water streams

over my bruised, used body.

Bryce picks up the soap.

You wash my back and I’ll

wash yours. He washes more

than my back. And I do

the same for him. It’s all so

decadent, all so someone