Vampire Nights

The light dimmed behind the building across the street as the pale white sphere took its Place above your apartment building
I held a paper cup from the coffee shop down the street
But you held a container out of the kitchen preferring the store-bought stuff your dad Referred to as garbage
I tend to agree with that sentiment
And every time I agree out loud you laugh saying I sound like him

The mug in your left hand was discolored with age like the yellow tinted pages of the Book in your right
You react to the plot in those pages how one would react to an epic movie
I ask you to explain what's happening and you take me down a twenty-minute rabbit hole Detailing every minute aspect of the story so I can fully share in the experience with you
At first I felt bad for distracting you from your story for so long
But seeing the joy in your expression and hearing it in your voice made me realize it was Okay
Hearing you laugh when you spoke too fast and stumbled over your words because of Your excitement made it worth it
I can't wait to distract you again
See you get excited
And hear you stumble over your words and laugh again because that is my favorite Sound
That laugh

We cuddle up on the couch sharing a blanket and watching one of your girly tv shows
You have seen the whole series multiple times
But you're rewatching it with me experiencing it for the first time
Originally I agreed to watch it simply to make you happy
But I never expected to be as invested in these vampires on the screen as you have Made me
I find myself reacting to what's happening the same way you react to the plot of your Novel

You look up at me
You catch my eyes and say nothing
Your expression is soft and kind
I am both uncomfortable and completely comfortable at the same time
The butterflies in my stomach have evolved into gunman going to war
My heart becomes a trapeze artist flipping and spinning inside my chest
After a moment
You kiss me
And I can feel the temperature in my cheeks start to rise
I wink at you and smirk
You call me an idiot
You are the only person I have met who can somehow use that term as a compliment

You seem genuinely happier than you have been in a long time
Up to this point
The more I got to know you the more I realized that you are just as messed up as I am
Maybe that's why we work
We build each other up and encourage one another in the simplest yet most impactful Ways
You teach me how to be myself
I thought that I had learned that already but I was wrong
Because of you I discovered parts of who I am that I had not known were there
You are the excavator to my being digging up fossils of me and bringing them to life
I'm finally starting to be okay with myself
I hope that you are too
I hope that I can help you realize just how amazing you are because you deserve to Know that

I fall for you more and more with each passing moment
Every day I learn something new about you that makes me fall more in love with you
You are the ocean and I am a submarine exploring the deepest depths of you
All of the beautiful unknown and I never want to stop exploring

You lay your head on my chest and pull the blanket just a little bit closer
There is nowhere else I would rather be than right here
Right now

We watch vampires
We drink coffee
I would not trade this for anything