Your flatmate hasn’t left for work yet. We have both been up and about having breakfast and you have even had a shower. I was a little disappointed because I was looking forward to joining you in there, but now the job is done. You have been looking at me kind of funny and I think I know what is on your mind, but I'm not sure because I haven't seen you for so long. The door closes and you watch your flattie walk down the...
We’d spent the night camping on the beach. The surf is very quietly lapping against the shore. It’s early morning g in the summer, the light not yet with us. We’re lying tucked up in bed inside the tent. Curled, entwined together, spooning, naked. I revel in the warmth of your skin, the smell of your hair. You’re still asleep, peacefully resting. I love this moment, this secret moment, and I hold it just for me. It is jus...
I didn’t have the house to myself, so we’d headed out late autumn to the South Coast for a drive and a picnic. I’d prepared the back of the Land Rover, laying all the seats flat and laid out some thick blankets and a thin mattress. As we drove out we chatted, about everything and nothing. We both found it hard to concentrate, the distraction of the thought about what was coming next being quite powerful. We pulled up on a...
