Redbone < FAST - 2024 >

Marcus was tired, his heart heavy with the paranoia that had become his constant companion. He loved her—God, he loved her—but the insecurity was a cold weight in his stomach. He’d seen the way she looked at others, the way she seemed to exist in a space that he couldn't quite reach.

He was in too deep. The paranoia was his own, his own "n-s creepin'," his own, private, self-inflicted hell. But as she walked toward him, the red light bathing her in a kind of surreal, dreamlike beauty, he realized that it didn't matter. The risk, the fear, the, yes, scandalous nature of it all... it was worth it. Redbone

“If you want it, you can have it,” he thought, looking at her in the mirror. Marcus was tired, his heart heavy with the