I didn’t forget, but I admit, today has rather gotten away from me. Some family dropping by to help with some house tasks, a kid birthday party, some errands, and frankly, just needing some time to sit and do nothing, listening to my audiobook. I’ve been trying to think of what to write all day. This was the only thing in my head, as it so often is.
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“Ow! Please! Stop!”
Her feet drummed against the floor, the carpet muffling the impact just enough, as she tried to push up on the rung of the chair she had been clinging to.
His left arm held her firmly down around the waist, counteracting her attempt, as his right leg expertly locked behind her knees.
He didn’t miss a beat and the hairbrush continued to fall through it all – as her tears did shortly after. Her bottom was a blotchy array of reds and purples, bruises forming on the edges and her sit spots, the center taking on that firmness of a deeper bruise.
A moment more, and her kicking stopped, her crying slowed to exhausted sobbing, and he applied the final flurry to the tops of her thighs as she squealed with renewed energy.
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What’s in your head?
-M
That’s certainly enough to drive all other thoughts out of your head for a moment!
Moments of aftermath. A fire rekindling, well after it seemed like the smouldering had stopped.
Wishing there was a hug scurrying along in its wake.