Submissions by umbra

They slipped briskly into an intimacy from which they never recovered" -- F. Scott Fitzgerald

It was quick and came about by their desperation for contact than anything else. They sought sanctuary in the cheap flattery given to them by the other. Their courtship was gaudy and inelegant, and insincerity tainted their every word.

An attachment did grow from this, however. Though false many of their sentiments were, the dependence for each other became consuming and soon, within the confines of their own walls and driven to by their own darkness, unrefined declarations of...