A ****** latex glove. The rhythmic breathing of a room full of machines and the dim light glowing on white paper.
Is he your patient? Well, I guess. But night shift is coming in soon.
We step out into the bright corridor. You look at me – really look at me - something grave in your eyes, a great expectation.
Thank you- I interupt. Merry Christmas. And something rising and falling and blooming and crumbling between us, like his chest in that dim light. A promise.