From soon to be released “Asked For” – when we don’t know how to ask for what we really want from a relationship:
“She lifted the bowl of potatoes and extended it to him, the pool of melted butter sloshing against the rim of the small pond he’d made in the top. He wrapped his fingers around half the bowl, but he didn’t take it. His fingertips touched hers, a contact that said he wanted an answer, needed something so he could go on.”
When words fail, say it with a touch.