Justin/JC

snakeskin; fall

JC looks at him with a new question in his eyes, and it's time to crawl out of yet another skin. Justin wonders when he'll be all done, all grown up.

Probably never. He's had enough life-changing "epiphanies" to know that this won't be the final answer to life, the universe and everything. If he ever gets it all, he doubts he'll be able to take it in. Maybe it will just skid off of his new, smooth skin on its way to someone else.

The sun is close to colourless in the overcast sky, providing no heat at all. Still, JC looks warm, the way he's been looking the whole past year. And Justin has looked, and wanted to bask in that heat. It's closer than ever before, the opportunity to touch. To feed on JC's wet heat and immerse himself in the unique smell of his skin.

He lets his old and useless skin fall away, shivering in the cold new air.