On the tenth blink, he’d know.
Under his hand, his boy’s thin neck, his bent back. All the years patting, bathing, cradling this back – this frail curve was the shape of all his vicarious yearning.
Was there any higher love?
His breath froze, his arm rose. The facade shattered.
“Stop!”
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