She

She speaks in Portuguese in her sleep. She teaches me about protein folding and cancerous stem cells. She says things like, "You're risking your epidermal integrity!" instead of "Watch out, you'll cut yourself!". She breathes a floral mist.

I show her how the leaves change. I drone on about legal policy. I tease her mercilessly. I am mesmerized by her beauty.

We kiss the same. We agree that we make a nice fit. We indulge in far too much (and yet not enough) PDA. We call each other's shit.