Status Updates From Totally and Completely Fine

“It wasn’t just about getting off—I could do that on my own—it was about the other things. The little similarities that you learned when you were naked in front of someone. The secrets you couldn’t hide from each other when your bodies were fused. When you came together and came apart. There were something there. Something important. To me, at least.”

“I’d known back then that those times were precious and fleeting. It’s what they warned all moms. I just hadn’t realized that when she outgrew that need, she’d also move completely out of arm’s reach. That when she stopped wanting it—stopped needing it—that was the time when I would miss it the most.”