A series of short excerpts

Short Excerpt 1

The world was spinning around me, colors blurring and music fading away into nothingness. I couldn't feel my feet and the hairs on the back of my neck were standing straight up, but none of that mattered because as I nestled my head gently into her neck, I could smell her lilac perfume mixing with the lavender shampoo she used daily. I closed my eyes and simply listened as she hummed gently beside me, stroking my hair and slowly untangling the knots from it. Everything around could be aflame and the universe could explode and die at this very moment but none of that mattered as long as I had her next to me, holding me close and keeping me safe.