akillerwithin:

                     <sub>[blue irises turn
                            from the flickering tv
             to the form standing within
                                feet from him.]

———you could say that.</sub>

             _{[she perched herself on the bundle of satin covers,
                allowing slender legs to dangle off the edge.]}

                          _{Care to tell?
                                   ——or are you just going
                           to mope about it?}