The desk gives itself away
Response feeds response
Breath snags
Fingers claw wood
Clock hammers
Restraint collapses
Too late to slow
Bites lip, noise becomes evidence
Mouth against throat
Silence tightens
Desk creaks once
Twice
Faster
Nails rake, skin answers
Palm over mouth
Eyes locked, feral
No words
Slap of skin
Fractured gasp
Secondhand Ticks
Ticks
Time closes around them
