Basement Surrender: My First Raw Submission
The basement of the family couture house in Paris’s 6th arrondissement. Dim light filters through a high window. Everyone gone. Five o’clock. My heart hammers. J. told me to stay. No turning back now. Stomach twists—fear, thrill. The morning grope in the supply store replays: his body pinning mine between shelves, hands gripping my waist,…