“Her morning skin smelled warm, the way sunlight looks bouncing up off a white tablecloth in a nice restaurant near the beach on your honeymoon.
Sun came through the blue curtains, making her skin blue. Her lips blue. Her eyelashes were lying across each cheek. Her mouth was a loose smile.
Still half asleep, I cupped my hand behind her neck and tilted her face back and kissed her.
Her neck and shoulder were so easy and relaxed.
Still kissing her warm, relaxed mouth, I pulled her nightgown up around her waist.
Her legs seemed to roll apart, and my hand found her loose and wet inside.
Under the covers, my eyes closed, I worked my tongue inside. With my wet fingers, I peeled back the smooth pink edges of her and licked deeper. The tide of air going in and out of me. At the top of each breath, I drove my mouth up into her.
For once, Katrin had slept the whole night and wasn’t crying.
My mouth climbed to Gina’s belly button. It climbed to her breasts. With one wet finger in her mouth, my other fingers flick across her nipples. My mouth cups over her other breast and my tongue touches the nipple inside.
Gina’s head rolled to one side, and I licked the back of her ear. My hips pressing her legs apart, I put myself inside.
The loose smile on her face, the way her mouth came open at the last moment and her head sunk deep into the pillow, she was so quiet. It was the best it had been since before Katrin was born.”
– Chuck Palahniuk - Lullaby
