About The Rosebud

by M. Raiya
28 pages / 5900 words
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James was born with the ability to heal any injury or illness simply by touching the person who is suffering. The price James pays is falling in love with the person he's just healed. But how can he act on any of his infatuations if he knows that the moment he heals someone else, his feelings for the last person will end? He goes through life avoiding people as much as possible, using his gift with great discretion, and constantly nursing a broken heart.

One night, James comes across a car crushed beneath a logging truck in northern Vermont. Inside, dying, is Ambient, the most beautiful man James has ever seen. All he can do is hope that this time, his gift will not turn into a curse, because Ambient is not someone he can resist.

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"Let me feel," James said. The man moved his hands so James could touch what felt like a nicely muscled abdomen through the sweatshirt, but even James's lightest pressure made him scream. Shit, probably internal bleeding. James pulled up the man's shirt and saw a tattoo of a little, tiny rosebud right next to the man's navel.

"I like your tattoo," he said.

"Thanks," the man gasped. "A little higher. Right there! Oh, God!"

James felt the familiar tingling start in his hand and slowly spread down into the man's body. He sensed bleeding.

"Am I going to die?" the man whispered.

"Of course," James said with a smile. "But not tonight."