“Gah!”

“What is it?” “What do you mean, ‘what is it?’ Don’t you like it?” “It’s… well, I mean it’s, erm… it’s unusual.” “You don’t like it.” “No, no. No I mean, I didn’t say that. It’s just… different is all.” “You hate it. I should have known.” “I don’t hate it. But I don’t not […]

Awake

Drip Drip Drip He shuffled in the bed. A calculated shuffle; just wiggly enough and just noisy enough to wake his sleeping partner. “Are you awake?” he whispered. “No,” came the muffled reply, deep beneath the winter-thick duvet. “The tap is doing it again,” he said quietly. “The what is doing what? Shut up. Go […]