"Will you show me your research sometime? I really think I could help if I knew what you knew" She rests her forehead against mine, puts one finger to my lips, silencing me. I just barely kiss it, overwhelmed by her smell, the warmth, the dark. A sinister concoction. She moves her hands back to my chest, scoots back away from me a little, but leaves my arm curled around her. She closes her eyes and I close mine.