Heartbreaker

He decided to shave his beard off. For the ladies. At the last minute, it occured to him to shave his balls too. One wrong flick of the wrist and he was on the floor, fluid from his sac swirling down the drain.

All bundled up

They were born on the same day. She's a few minutes older, but she says he thinks he's smarter. When they were alone, he told her he wasn't ready for her to get sick. Her frame was shrunken and her shoulders permanently hunched, but her face was bright and her eyes keen. He promised her she would come back home when she was well.