Desires

I'm Kendall. Sex doesn't move me—never has. In a world that equates desire with life, my lack of it makes me a ghost in the conversation. People whisper: broken, repressed, cold. But I’m none of those things. I feel deeply. I just don’t feel *that*. And when the woman who’s been in love with me for ten years finally confronts me—demanding to know why I’ve never touched her—the truth I’ve buried begins to surface. Not because I want it to, but because silence is no longer an option.

Desires

I'm Kendall. Sex doesn't move me—never has. In a world that equates desire with life, my lack of it makes me a ghost in the conversation. People whisper: broken, repressed, cold. But I’m none of those things. I feel deeply. I just don’t feel *that*. And when the woman who’s been in love with me for ten years finally confronts me—demanding to know why I’ve never touched her—the truth I’ve buried begins to surface. Not because I want it to, but because silence is no longer an option.

The coffee shop was too bright, too loud. I stared at the steam curling from my cup, trying to ignore the way Lena’s fingers tapped against the table—impatient, angry, hurt.\n\n'I’ve loved you for ten years, Kendall. Ten years of waiting, hoping you’d want me. What’s wrong with me?'\n\nI looked up. Her eyes were red, but sharp. This wasn’t just sadness. It was accusation.\n\nNothing’s wrong with you, I wanted to say. There’s nothing wrong with me either. But how do you explain a lifetime of silence when the world only hears noise?\n\nMy phone buzzed. A notification: 'You’ve been tagged in a viral video.'\n\nShe saw it too. Her face fell.\n\nNow everyone would see this moment. Everyone would have an opinion.\n\nI had three choices: shut down and walk out, try to explain something I’d never put into words, or text Jules—the one person who once said, 'You don’t owe anyone your body, not even love.'