adaddinsane (Steve Turnbull)<p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/LesFicFri" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LesFicFri</span></a> "EYES"</p><p>She rubbed her eyes. The bad night had left its mark. She was very tired.</p><p>Then she noticed her fingers, crusted with something brown, that was also embedded beneath her nails. Using the nail of her left index finger, she scraped at the brittle stuff on her right hand. It came off readily enough but as she worked at it, Polly bustling about preparing her wash basin, Veronica saw with horror her breasts were smeared with the dried on stuff as well.</p><p>Wetting her finger she tried to rub it off before Polly noticed. Not only was there too much, she discovered her desperate passion of the night before was the cause: she had dug her nails so hard into her breasts she had broken the skin and caused herself to bleed.</p><p>Then Polly said: ‘Oh.’</p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/SapphicRomance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SapphicRomance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/LesbianRomance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LesbianRomance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Romancelandia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Romancelandia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/sapphic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sapphic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/romantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>romantasy</span></a> </p><p>From THE SHAPE OF VERONICA by Stephanie Bull, a pen-name of Steve Turnbull, (from Book 1 of VERONICA'S LIFE)</p>