The Last Oasis Before Chastity - Extra Version -

You can stay as long as you want. Just know: The water will not cool your skin. The fruit will not satisfy your hunger. And every embrace you imagine here will feel more real than any you will ever give yourself permission to hold.

And that is the cruelty of it.

This is the extra version. Not more forgiving. Just more beautiful. The Last Oasis Before Chastity - Extra Version

Here, the wind carries the ghost of every touch you never gave. Here, the trees grow in the shape of longing: branches entwined, leaves brushing like fingertips hesitating at a sleeve. You can stay as long as you want