Josh knew he was happy. He’d spent months analyzing his own feelings, categorizing them, turning them within the unlocked confines of his mind. This was what happiness felt like. Incandescent. Bubbling. It sparked across his skin even when Markus didn’t touch him. This was euphoria; that was joy.
But when Markus did touch Josh. Oh, when he did. It was something else entirely. Something beyond the careful labels Josh had cultivated to better describe himself.
That was how they would win, by engaging with one another as rational, self-reflective beings.
That was enough for him, but Markus showed him more.
Re: Prompt: Josh/Any, intellectual joy versus physical pleasure
Josh knew he was happy. He’d spent months analyzing his own feelings, categorizing them, turning them within the unlocked confines of his mind. This was what happiness felt like. Incandescent. Bubbling. It sparked across his skin even when Markus didn’t touch him. This was euphoria; that was joy.
But when Markus did touch Josh. Oh, when he did. It was something else entirely. Something beyond the careful labels Josh had cultivated to better describe himself.
That was how they would win, by engaging with one another as rational, self-reflective beings.
That was enough for him, but Markus showed him more.